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Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
Basic preoperative airway ... do so based on airway ... #clinical #management ... #anesthesia #anesthesiology ... #airway #intubation
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... Difficult supraglottic airway ... Difficult surgical airway ... process of difficult airway ... #Difficult #airway
Anatomic Features Associated With Difficult Airways in Children
 • Impingement on airway lumen
 • Cervical spine
With Difficult Airways ... Impingement on airway ... #Difficult #Airways ... #Children #peds ... #differential #
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... , supraglottic airway ... oxygenation via upper airway ... staff and surgical airway ... ). ❹ Call for airway
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
or in patient’s airway ... material from airway ... • Flood airway ... #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
if possible – airway ... or supraglottic airway ... suspected → 3-1 ❽ If airway ... aspiration suspected airway ... . ⓬ If raised airway
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
oxygen delivery, airway ... Check position of airway ... • Check airway ... AND airway device ... • Feel the airway
Hypoxemia in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Management: 

• increase Fi02 to 100% - verify!
Hypoxemia in Anesthesiology ... - Differential ... check ETC02 / peak airway ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Anesthesiology ... #Differential #
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
bellows moving. ❸ Airway ... Check position of airway ... compatible with patent airway ... • Confirm airway ... • Feel the airway
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
oxygen delivery, airway ... bellows moving. ❸ Airway ... Check position of airway ... • Confirm airway ... • Feel the airway