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Omega Epiglottis - Airway Intubation on Video Laryngoscopy 

Sam Ghali, M.D. @EM_RESUS

#Omega #Epiglottis #Airway #Intubation #clinical
Omega Epiglottis ... - Airway Intubation ... on Video Laryngoscopy ... #Airway #Intubation ... #clinical #laryngoscopy
The Cormack-Lehane Views - These views are important when you actually attempt laryngoscopy or intubation of
actually attempt laryngoscopy ... or intubation of ... arytenoids clearly on laryngoscopy ... difficult or failed intubations ... #Diagnosis #EM #
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
likelihood and clinical ... impact of basic management ... • Difficult laryngoscopy ... management. 3 ... Video-assisted laryngoscopy
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
Algorithm for the Diagnosis ... sound over central airways ... Anaphylaxis, Angioedema, Epiglottitis ... , Endotracheal intubation ... : Endotracheal intubation
The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
The child with stridor ... Differential - Croup - Epiglottitis ... or congenital airway ... abnormality: #Diagnosis ... Peds #Pediatrics #Stridor
Anatomical Differences Between Pediatric and Adult Airways 
Pediatric airway is... 
• Proportionally smaller larynx 
• Narrowest
Pediatric airway ... vocal cords) • Epiglottis ... Risk of mainstem intubation ... #CriticalCare #Intubation ... #Diagnosis
Laryngomalacia on Laryngoscopy

Laryngomalacia is a flaccidity of an area of ​​the throat (supraglottic larynx) that causes
sucked into the airway ... breathing called stridor ... collapses the airway ... Sometimes the epiglottic ... #bronchoscopy #clinical
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Diagnosis Framework ... abscess • Acute epiglottitis ... : • Epiglottitis ... #differential #diagnosis ... causes #pulmonary #airway
Vortex Airway Approach Optimization Strategies

The Vortex approach includes five optimisation strategies which can be applied to
Vortex Airway Approach ... (e.g. bimanual laryngoscopy ... , laryngoscope for ... , SAD, tube or laryngoscope ... #Intubation #Management
Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
Basic preoperative airway ... anesthesiologists to assess intubation ... do so based on airway ... #clinical #management ... #intubation