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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... likelihood and clinical ... supraglottic airway ... surgical airway ... airway management
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 ... #clinical #management ... anesthesiology #airway
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Acute Dyspnea - Differential ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... Embolism* Lower Airway ... AECOPD Upper Airway ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
Hemoptysis Differential Diagnosis Framework
Cardiovascular: Pulmonary embolism, Heart failure, Vasculitis, Valvular disease, Arteriovenous malformation
Pulmonary - Airway: Bronchitis,
Hemoptysis Differential ... Cardiovascular: Pulmonary ... Arteriovenous malformation Pulmonary ... - Airway: Bronchitis ... #Hemoptysis #Differential
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 ... anatomy #anesthesia #differential
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential ... Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... pHTN, Shock • Airway ... Hypoxemia #hypoxia #Differential
Here’s a bronchoscopy of a healthy airway...

Taher Valika MD @chicagoairwaydoc

#Bronchoscopy #Anatomy #clinical #video #pulmonary #Airway
bronchoscopy of a healthy airway ... Bronchoscopy #Anatomy #clinical ... #video #pulmonary ... #Airway
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
physiologically challenging airway ... some existing difficult-airway ... to address this clinical ... Heaven #Criteria #Difficult ... #Airway #RebelEM
Cavity Mnemonic for Cavitary Pulmonary Lesions:
C: cancer 
 - bronchogenic carcinoma: most frequently squamous cell carcinoma
Mnemonic for Cavitary Pulmonary ... SCC) - cavitary pulmonary ... abscess - pulmonary ... airway malformation ... Cavitary #Lesions #Differential
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Differential Diagnosis ... Intrathoracic, upper airway ... Intrathoracic, lower airway ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Wheezing #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #pulmonary