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Ever had a #traveler come in to your clinic with #fever and you were not sure
come in to your clinic ... to narrow your differential ... : incubation period ... to narrow your differentials ... #differentials #
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
likelihood and clinical ... • Difficult mask ... • Difficult intubation ... choices: • Awake intubation ... vs. intubation
COVID-19 patient Extubation
Objective: Extubation of a suspected COVID-19 patient whilst minimising aersolisation of virus particles. Orly
COVID-19 patient Extubation ... Objective: Extubation ... Prepare team for extubation ... facemask • Hudson mask ... deflate tube cuff • Intubation
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
exacerbation (↓ intubation ... failure, DNI status, Extubation ... airway / remove mask
Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Articular: Infectious, Degenerative, Inflammatory
Non-articular: Localized, General

#Joint #Pain #Differential #Diagnosis #MSK #algorithm
Joint Pain - Differential ... #Joint #Pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Hand Arthritides - Differential Diagnosis by Location and Features

The Painful Hand!  Wish I would’ve thought
Arthritides - Differential ... prior to my first MSK ... Arthritides #Arthritis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Location #MSK
Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
anesthesiologists to assess intubation ... #clinical #management ... anesthesiology #airway #intubation
Intubation Confirmation on POCUS

See the round, shadowing structures?
1. ET Tube in Trachea
2. NG Tube in Esophagus

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Intubation Confirmation ... twitter.com/EM_RESUS #Intubation ... Confirmation #POCUS #ETT #Clinical
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
CHF, decreases intubation ... COPD, decreases intubation ... acidosis) • Post-extubation ... indication for intubation ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical
Airway Intubation Confirmation on POCUS
Linear probe is placed on anterior neck at the level of the
Airway Intubation ... successful endotracheal intubation ... If esophageal intubation ... #endotracheal #Intubation ... Confirmation #POCUS #clinical