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Combined Difficult Airway Society and Vortex Approach to the Emergency Airway

The Emergency Airway Cognitive Tool contains
Combined Difficult ... Airway The Emergency ... through the steps of difficult ... Management #DAS #Difficult ... #Algorithm #Combined
Emergency Tracheostomy Management Algorithm - Patent Upper Airway

This algorithm assumes a potentially patent upper airway, meaning
Emergency Tracheostomy ... that is difficult ... may be difficult ... #Tracheostomy #Emergency ... #Algorithm #Airway
Emergency Laryngectomy Management

This algorithm is paired with the red bed-head sign and indicates that the patient
Emergency Laryngectomy ... Management This algorithm ... ventilation is difficult ... #Laryngectomy #Emergency ... #Algorithm #Airway
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
some existing difficult-airway ... applicable to emergency ... airway management ... prediction models only focus ... Heaven #Criteria #Difficult
Transplant Infections Timeline
Pre-transplant:
 • Common bacteria (endogenous): Staphylococci (skin), Gram-negative bacilli (gut)
 • Viruses: HSV (reactivation)
Engraftment:
Clostridioides difficile ... (airways) • Viruses ... jirovecii (airways ... Infections #Timeline #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
Acute Diarrhea - Differential ... Diagnostic Algorithm ... E. coli, C difficile ... histolytjca) Nausea ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Failure - Differential ... Secondary infection (C diff ... Difficile, COVID ... Antibiotic #Failure #Differential
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Causes of Lactate ... Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... is particularly difficult ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This post will focus ... you’re having difficulty ... fractures may have difficulty ... monitored for airway ... Most commonly caused