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Airway Intubation "Blue Card" Checklist

The ‘Blue Card’ can be used to record your airway management over
Airway Intubation ... Feel free to use ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Airway #Intubation
Anatomical Differences Between Pediatric and Adult Airways 
Pediatric airway is... 
• Proportionally smaller larynx 
• Narrowest
Risk of mainstem intubation ... Adult #Airway #Comparison ... Differences #Anatomical #CriticalCare ... #Intubation #Diagnosis
Difficult Airway Conditions List (A to Z)

Difficult Airway Syndromes, Description and Potential Problems

By @dastrainees

#Difficult #Airway #Conditions
Conditions #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #management #criticalcare ... #intubation
Approach to Cuff Leak Test and Laryngeal Edema
A new joint practice guideline by the ATS and
#Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... LaryngealEdema #Extubation
Massive Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Definition: 150-600 mL over 24 hours
Differential Diagnosis:
 • Tracheobronchial:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Differential Diagnosis ... Indications for Intubation ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Management #pulmonary #criticalcare
Esophageal Intubation
 • Capnography Detection - No trace, Wrong place
 • Prevention and Mitigation
Esophageal Intubation ... #Esophageal #Intubation ... airway #detection #diagnosis ... #management #criticalcare
Restrict the cuff leak test to high-risk patients
The absence of a cuff leak increases the likelihood
likelihood of reintubation ... likelihood of reintubation ... follows (1): #Diagnosis ... #Criticalcare # ... CuffLeak #Extubation
Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology

Clinical presentation
 - Symptoms of GHB toxicity include: short term anterograde amnesia,
at the time of intubation ... Toxicology #Toxicity #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pharmacology
Scleroderma Like Conditions - Differential Diagnosis
Eosinophilic Fasciitis:
 - Orange peel induration (peau d'orange) of proximal extremities
- Differential Diagnosis ... Fasciitis: - Orange peel ... induration (peau ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
to facilitate extubation ... No pharmacologic ... (Haldol) - No pharmacologic ... Delirium #PAD #ICU #CriticalCare ... #diagnosis #management