Disease states associated with difficult airway management

Pierre Robin syndrome

Treacher-Collins syndrome

Goldenhar syndrome

Mucopolysaccharidoses

Achondroplasia

Micrognathia

Down syndrome

Cretinism

Morbid obesity

Acromegaly

Infections involving the airway (Ludwig's angina, epiglottitis, croup, retropharyngeal or intraoral abscess, papillomatosis)

Rheumatoid arthritis

Ankylosing spondylitis

Obstructive sleep apnea

Tumors involving the airway

Trauma or burns of face, head, or neck