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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
Lung pulse shown by transducer placed on right and left anterolateral chest walls. Notice how the
endobronchial mainstem
Absent Lung Sliding on Lung POCUS
Absent Lung Sliding with B-mode does not just mean PTX. It
Fibrotic lungs - Mainstem
Treatment of NMS
 Dopamine antagonists should be discontinued immediately in patients suspected of NMS. Like SS,
Like SS, the mainstay