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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... surgical airway ... induction of general anesthesia ... #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #CriticalCare
Physiologic, Anatomic and Pharmacologic Differences in Pediatric Anesthesiology

- Mark Harris, MD MPH
@MarkHarrisMD

#Pediatrics #Anesthesiology #Peds #Differences #Adults
Differences in Pediatric Anesthesiology ... #Pediatrics #Anesthesiology ... #Differences #Adults ... CheatSheet #Physiology #Anesthesia ... #Comparison
Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
Basic preoperative airway ... assess intubation difficulty ... do so based on airway ... clinical #management #anesthesia ... #anesthesiology
Awake Tracheal Intubation (ATI)
 • ATI Technique
 • Ergonomics for ATI
 • Managing Procedural Complications
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Unsuccessful ATI in Adults ... Difficult Airway ... Intubation #ATI #airway ... #management #anesthesia
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... , supraglottic airway ... ). ❹ Call for airway ... Intubate #Intubation #Difficult ... #Anesthesiology
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
• Check airway ... AND airway device ... boluses (250 ml adult ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
bradycardia – difficulty ... problem. ❸ Treat airway ... Consider supraglottic airway ... Neuraxial #Block #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... • Maintain the airway ... • Fluid bolus (Adult ... Cardiac #Tamponade #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
complications from anesthesia ... any mention of a difficult ... airway - Allergies ... to perform own ADLs ... - Oral cavity/Airway