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Point-of-Care Ultrasound Algorithm for Airway Management (courtesy of James Tsung MD)

Algorithm originally published https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.7863/jum.2008.27.5.785

#Diagnosis #Management #POCUS
LungPulse #LungPoint #Mainstem
Cranial Nerve Brainstem Anatomy - Pontomedullary Junction

By @rev.med

#Cranial #Nerve #Anatomy #Pontomedullary #Junction #neurology #neuroanatomy #Brainstem
Cranial Nerve Brainstem ... #neuroanatomy #Brainstem
Abnormal Doll's Eye (Oculocephalic) Reflex on Physical Examination

Normally, a patient's eyes should move in the opposite
indicating intact brainstem ... ophthalmology #brainstem
Recurrent severe distal left mainstem stenosis requiring stenting on Bronchoscopy

@interventionalpulmdoc

#bronchoscopy #stent #endobronchial #clinical #video #pulmonary
severe distal left mainstem
Anatomical Differences Between Pediatric and Adult Airways 
Pediatric airway is... 
• Proportionally smaller larynx 
• Narrowest
cephalad • Risk of mainstem
Ventilator Troubleshooting Summary
High PIP, nl Pplat:
 - DDx: Tubing problem, Bronchospasm, Secretions
 - Next Steps: Check
Pplat: - DDx: Mainstem
Tracheal Airway POCUS prior to anticipated difficult airway
1. ID cricothyroid membrane evaluation
2. Confirm tracheal intubation
3. Detect
Detect mainstem
Absent Lung Sliding on Lung POCUS
Absent Lung Sliding with B-mode does not just mean PTX. It
Fibrotic lungs - Mainstem
Capnography
Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide can be used to confirm ETT placement, for safer procedural sedation,
II/III: right mainstem
Lung pulse shown by transducer placed on right and left anterolateral chest walls. Notice how the
endobronchial mainstem