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The child with stridor - Assessment and Differential
 - Croup 
 - Epiglottitis: 
 - Bacterial
The child with stridor ... - Croup - Epiglottitis ... or congenital airway ... abnormality: #Diagnosis ... #Differential #
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... : • Epiglottitis ... #differential # ... #pulmonary #airway
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 ... Noisy #Breathing #differential ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Algorithm Stridor ... - Upper airway ... Subglottic stenosis • Epiglottitis ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
Laryngospasm and Stridor ... #Laryngospasm #Stridor ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Laryngospasm and stridor ... #Pressure #Differential ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... and Management ... Differential Diagnosis ... Therapeutics: Airway ... #diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
or in patient’s airway ... • Flood airway ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... management is in ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
if possible – airway ... Consider alternate diagnoses ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup