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Venous Air Embolism / Entrapment

#Venous #AirEmbolism #Entrapment #VAE #anesthesiology #complications #pathophysiology #anesthesia
Entrapment #VAE #anesthesiology ... #complications ... pathophysiology #anesthesia
Age Related Physiologic Changes and Anesthesia Implications

 - Mark Harris, MD MPH @ https://twitter.com/MarkHarrisMD

#Geriatrics #Aging #Anesthesia
Physiologic Changes and Anesthesia ... Implications ... Geriatrics #Aging #Anesthesia ... Changes #AgeRelated #Anesthesiology
Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
Basic preoperative airway ... do so based on airway ... clinical #management #anesthesia ... #anesthesiology ... #airway #intubation
Awake Tracheal Intubation (ATI)
 • ATI Technique
 • Ergonomics for ATI
 • Managing Procedural Complications
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Managing Procedural Complications ... Adults Difficult Airway ... Intubation #ATI #airway ... #management #anesthesia ... criticalcare #algorithm #complications
Risk Factors Associated with Post-operative Pulmonary Complications 

Preoperative 
• Asthma/ COPD 
• Recent respiratory infection 
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Post-operative Pulmonary Complications ... • Duration of anesthesia ... RiskFactors #pulmonary #complications ... postoperative #anesthesiology ... #anesthesia #surgery
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... Difficult surgical airway ... induction of general anesthesia ... #algorithm #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #CriticalCare
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... , supraglottic airway ... staff and surgical airway ... ). ❹ Call for airway ... Intubation #Difficult #Anesthesiology
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
if possible – airway ... or supraglottic airway ... aspiration suspected airway ... . ⓬ If raised airway ... #Anesthesiology
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... or in patient’s airway ... for crises in anaesthesia ... #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
oxygen delivery, airway ... Check position of airway ... • Confirm airway ... • Feel the airway ... #Hypertension #Anesthesiology