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Sniffing Airway Positioning for Intubation

Watch this AMAZING video demonstrating the effect of head positioning on intubation
Sniffing Airway ... Positioning for ... Intubation Watch ... #Sniffing #Airway ... #Positioning #Intubation
An Algorithm for the Management of Seizures

The management of active seizures is algorithmic, starting with a
assessment of airway ... with appropriate positioning ... nasopharyngeal airway ... requiring endotracheal intubation
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
sound over central airways ... , Endotracheal intubation ... : Endotracheal intubation ... Autoimmune: GPA Lower Airway ... Noisy #Breathing #differential
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Increased Airway ... cause of increased airway ... • Confirm airway ... oedema; bronchial intubation ... #Pressure #Differential
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
oxygen delivery, airway ... • Check airway ... AND airway device ... vasopressor (Box C) and positioning ... #Hypotension #Differential
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... stenosis #Stridor #differential ... causes #pulmonary #airway ... #physicalexam
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
ventilation. ❸ Airway ... • Confirm airway ... presume oesophageal intubation ... • Evaluate the airway ... CardiacArrest #Checklist #Differential
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... wrists flexed back, away ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam
Subglottic stenoses (SGS) during systemic diseases
Subglottic stenosis (SGS) = congenital (children) or acquired (adult) characterized by
narrowing of the upper airways ... Post-traumatic: Orotracheal intubation ... systemic #diseases #differential
Causes of no Lung Sliding - Differential Diagnosis
 • Massive atelectasis - If the lung is
Lung Sliding - Differential ... • Main-stem intubation ... arrest (without an airway ... Lung #Sliding #Differential