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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... Difficult surgical airway ... vs. intubation ... #algorithm #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #CriticalCare
Anatomical Differences Between Pediatric and Adult Airways 
Pediatric airway is... 
• Proportionally smaller larynx 
• Narrowest
Pediatric and Adult Airways ... Pediatric airway ... Risk of mainstem intubation ... Differences #Anatomical #CriticalCare ... #Intubation #Diagnosis
Difficult Airway Conditions List (A to Z)

Difficult Airway Syndromes, Description and Potential Problems

By @dastrainees

#Difficult #Airway #Conditions
Difficult Airway ... ) Difficult Airway ... Conditions #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #management #criticalcare ... #intubation
Hypoxemia in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Management: 

• increase Fi02 to 100% - verify!
Hypoxemia in Anesthesiology ... - Differential ... Diagnosis and Management ... check ETC02 / peak airway ... #Differential #
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
Algorithm for the Diagnosis ... sound over central airways ... , Endotracheal intubation ... Noisy #Breathing #differential ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
or in patient’s airway ... • Flood airway ... • Consider intubation ... #Fire #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
If your PIP and Plateau are both elevated then this indicates lung disease and decreased compliance
indicates increased airway ... resistance #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... Pressure #Plateau #Differential
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis ... Management • Airway ... Management and Positioning ... Massive #Hemoptysis #Diagnosis ... workup #pulmonary #criticalcare
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
if possible – airway ... or oesophageal intubation ... Consider alternate diagnoses ... anaesthesia #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... , supraglottic airway ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... #Difficult #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis