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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 ... induction of general anesthesia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
Basic preoperative airway ... assessment conducted ... assess intubation difficulty ... do so based on airway ... clinical #management #anesthesia
Airway - Assessment to ascertain patency

#Airway #patency #Assessment #Diagnosis #Anesthesia
Airway - Assessment ... ascertain patency #Airway ... #patency #Assessment ... #Diagnosis #Anesthesia
Difficult Airway Assessment - LEMON Mnemonic

 - Look Externally
 - Evaluate
 - Mallampati
 - Obstruction or
Difficult Airway ... Assessment - LEMON ... #CriticalCare #Difficult ... #Airway #Evaluation
Predicting a Difficult Airway
Prior to attempting intubation one should assess the airway. 
3-3-2 rule indicates normal
Predicting a Difficult ... Airway Prior to ... are visible: #Difficult ... #Assessment #Preop ... #Anesthesia #Diagnosis
Anatomic Features Associated With Difficult Airways in Children
 • Impingement on airway lumen
 • Cervical spine
Associated With Difficult ... Airways in Children ... EBmedicine #Difficult ... #peds #pediatrics ... #anatomy #anesthesia
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... , supraglottic airway ... ). ❹ Call for airway ... Intubate #Intubation #Difficult ... #Intraoperative
Awake Tracheal Intubation (ATI)
 • ATI Technique
 • Ergonomics for ATI
 • Managing Procedural Complications
 •
ATI in Adults Difficult ... Airway Society ... Intubation #ATI #airway ... #management #anesthesia
The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
with stridor - Assessment ... or congenital airway ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Differential #Assessment
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Intraoperative Bronchospasm ... if possible – airway ... or supraglottic airway ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #Intraoperative