AFOI	awake fiberoptic intubation
ASA	American Society of Anesthesiologists
BURP	Backwards, Upwards, Rightward Pressure (on the thyroid cartilage)
CICO	cannot intubate, cannot oxygenate
CICV	cannot intubate, cannot ventilate
DAS	Difficult Airway Society
DL	direct laryngoscopy
ETT	endotracheal tube
FRC	functional residual capacity
HELP	head-elevated laryngoscopy position
HFNC	high-flow nasal cannula
ICU	intensive care unit
ILMA	Intubating LMA (Laryngeal Mask Airway)
LEMON	mnemonic for airway assessment: Look externally, Evaluate 3-3-2 rule, Mallampati class, Obstruction, Neck mobility
LMA	Laryngeal Mask Airway
MACOCHA	a score to predict difficult intubation in ICU patients
MOANS	mnemonic for predicting difficult bag-mask ventilation: Mask seal, Obesity/Obstruction, Aged, No teeth, Snoring
NAP4	Fourth National Audit Project
NIV	noninvasive ventilation/noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation
PEEP	positive end-expiratory pressure
RODS	mnemonic for predicting difficult supraglottic airway use: Restricted mouth opening, Obstruction, Distorted airway, Stiff lungs
RSI	Rapid Sequence Intubation
SGA	supraglottic airway device
THRIVE	Transnasal Humidified Rapid-Insufflation Ventilatory Exchange
VL	video laryngoscopy/Video laryngoscopes