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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... supraglottic airway ... surgical airway ... airway management ... #Anesthesiology
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 ... management #anesthesia #anesthesiology ... #airway #intubation
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
• Check airway ... AND airway device ... pressure as a cause ... adult, 10 ml.kg-1 paediatric ... #Differential #Anesthesiology
Pediatric Button Battery Ingestion
Most serious BB ingestions are not witnessed. Therefore, have a low threshold for
Pediatric Button ... : Hematemesis, Airway ... obstruction, Drooling, Difficulty ... Button batteries cause ... diagnosis #management #Pediatrics
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
should identify any cause ... Consider potential causes ... POTENTIAL CAUSES ... Consider potential causes ... #Differential #Anesthesiology
Anatomic Features Associated With Difficult Airways in Children
 • Impingement on airway lumen
 • Cervical spine
Associated With Difficult ... Airways in Children ... Impingement on airway ... EBmedicine #Difficult ... #peds #pediatrics
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Guidelines for Crises ... Check optimal airway ... Guidelines for crises ... Intubate #Intubation #Difficult ... #Anesthesiology
Introduction to several different airways an anesthesiologist can utilize or may encounter in practice, along with
several different airways ... device, and in some cases ... the patient's airway ... clinical #anesthesia #anesthesiology ... #equipment #airway
Extubation Checklist Mnemonic - MASCOTS
M - Mechanism (Underlying mechanism improving)
A - Airway (Patent, difficult intubation)
S -
improving) A - Airway ... (Patent, difficult ... - Tube feeds (Pause ... (Sedation off, passes
Asthma
Asthma is a condition which affects the airways, when a person with asthma comes into contact
which affects the airways ... or cold air) it causes ... their airways to ... which can make it difficult