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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... likelihood and clinical ... airway management ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #CriticalCare #
Anatomic Features Associated With Difficult Airways in Children
 • Impingement on airway lumen
 • Cervical spine
Anatomic Features ... Associated With Difficult ... EBmedicine #Difficult ... #peds #pediatrics ... #anatomy #anesthesia
Awake Tracheal Intubation (ATI)
 • ATI Technique
 • Ergonomics for ATI
 • Managing Procedural Complications
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ATI in Adults Difficult ... Airway Society ... Intubation #ATI #airway ... #management #anesthesia ... #criticalcare #
Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
Basic preoperative airway ... assess intubation difficulty ... do so based on airway ... #clinical #management ... #anesthesia #anesthesiology
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
management is in ... the laryngeal anatomy ... Intubate #Intubation #Difficult ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
some existing difficult-airway ... management. ... Extremes of size, Anatomic ... to address this clinical ... Heaven #Criteria #Difficult
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Aspiration - unable to clear ... initiate breath, Anatomic ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical ... #indications #criticalcare ... #management
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
bradycardia – difficulty ... hypnosis as soon as clinical ... problem. ❸ Treat airway ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
enables sustained airway ... Surgical management ... #differential #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare ... #airway #anatomy
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
complications from anesthesia ... any mention of a difficult ... airway - Allergies ... Change in clinical ... medical and surgical management