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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
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 ... #algorithm #pulmonary
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
impact of basic management ... • Difficult laryngoscopy ... management. 3 ... Video-assisted laryngoscopy ... #CriticalCare #Management
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
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Diagnosis Framework ... abscess • Acute epiglottitis ... : • Epiglottitis ... #causes #pulmonary ... #airway #physicalexam
Laryngomalacia on Laryngoscopy

Laryngomalacia is a flaccidity of an area of ​​the throat (supraglottic larynx) that causes
Laryngomalacia on Laryngoscopy ... sucked into the airway ... breathing called stridor ... collapses the airway ... Sometimes the epiglottic
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... Algorithm Stridor ... - Upper airway ... Subglottic stenosis • Epiglottitis ... #differential #Diagnosis
Esophageal Intubation
 • Capnography Detection - No trace, Wrong place
 • Prevention and Mitigation
Esophageal Intubation ... Mitigation - Video Laryngoscopy ... #airway #detection ... #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #pulmonary