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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... Difficult surgical airway ... #Difficult #airway ... #algorithm #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #CriticalCare
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Pulmonary Embolism, Pneumothorax ... Therapeutics: Airway ... Management #treatment #criticalcare
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Increased Airway ... cause of increased airway ... • Confirm airway ... foreign body; pneumothorax ... #Differential #Anesthesiology
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Inspiratory Positive Airway ... upper & lower airway ... Bi-Level Positive Airway ... intrathoracic damage (pneumothorax ... #indications #criticalcare
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
oxygen delivery, airway ... • Check airway ... AND airway device ... • Pneumothorax ... #Differential #Anesthesiology
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
ventilation. ❸ Airway ... • Confirm airway ... • Evaluate the airway ... Toxins Tension pneumothorax ... #Differential #Anesthesiology
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
to the lung or airways ... injury to lung or airways ... precipitate re-expansion ... 14-22 Fr stable pneumothorax ... -28 Fr tension pneumothorax
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
the problem. ❷ Airway ... • Confirm airway ... Asymmetrical chest expansion ... intubation/foreign body/pneumothorax ... Hypoxia #Cyanosis #Anesthesiology
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
exclude tension pneumothorax ... • Maintain the airway ... Cardiac #Tamponade #Anesthesiology