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Difficult Airway Conditions List (A to Z)

Difficult Airway Syndromes, Description and Potential Problems

By @dastrainees

#Difficult #Airway #Conditions
Difficult Airway ... Airway Syndromes ... #Airway #Conditions ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #management #criticalcare
Difficult Airway Assessment - LEMON Mnemonic

 - Look Externally
 - Evaluate
 - Mallampati
 - Obstruction or
Difficult Airway ... Neck Mobility #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... Difficult #Airway
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumothorax, Alveolar Hemorrhage ... Therapeutics: Airway ... Reservoir • High ... Management #treatment #criticalcare
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... , supraglottic airway ... device or nasal high ... Intubate #Intubation #Difficult ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Initial assessment and management of coma in pediatric population.

Airway - is it secure? 
Breathing — is
Airway - is it secure ... papilloedema or retinal haemorrhages ... Pediatrics #Peds #ABCs #CriticalCare ... #Diagnosis
Auto-PEEP 
What is Auto-PEEP?
 • Progressive air trapping & dynamic hyperinflation → ↑Palv at end expiration
to expiratory airway ... e.g. asthma), or high ... • Decrease airway ... PEEP #pulmonary #diagnosis ... #management #criticalcare
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
High Central Neuraxial ... bradycardia – difficulty ... problem. ❸ Treat airway ... • Haemorrhage ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
life-threatening hemorrhage ... management of hemorrhage ... will be required (high ... #Emergencies #diagnosis ... management #pulmonary #criticalcare
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
- Differential Diagnosis ... pulmonary edema • High ... Pulmonary HTN • Airway ... injury, cerebral hemorrhage ... #differential #diagnosis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework High ... • High-altitude ... with exertion, difficulty ... injury, cerebral hemorrhage