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Difficult Airway Conditions List (A to Z)

Difficult Airway Syndromes, Description and Potential Problems

By @dastrainees

#Difficult #Airway #Conditions
Syndromes, Description ... and Potential Problems ... #Conditions #Syndromes ... #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER/TEST ... OPA, Suction, Video ... POST INTUBATION MANAGEMENT ... intubation #checklist #criticalcare ... #airway #management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... increased pulmonary vascular ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
Vascular smooth ... troponin elevation Diagnosis ... perform provocative tests ... Prinzmetal #Angina #cardiology ... #diagnosis #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
diplopia) • Vascular ... Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... - Diagnosis and ... intrapulmonary vascular ... 10 minutes of rest ... #diagnosis #management
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Liver function test ... abdominal compartment syndrome ... acetaminophen 1 gram Q6hr) and ... Pancreatitis #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Esophageal Intubation
 • Capnography Detection - No trace, Wrong place
 • Prevention and Mitigation
• Prevention and ... Mitigation - Video ... Esophageal #Intubation #airway ... #detection #diagnosis ... #management #criticalcare
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
of a difficult airway ... determine if stress test ... - Peripheral vascular ... surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
if you can get away ... promote Lung rest ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #management #ards ... #foamed #criticalcare