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Tracheal Airway POCUS prior to anticipated difficult airway
1. ID cricothyroid membrane evaluation
2. Confirm tracheal intubation
3. Detect
Tracheal Airway ... anticipated difficult airway ... by identifying lung ... #Airway #POCUS ... #ultrasound #intubation
Air Bronchograms on Ultrasound

Opacification of alveolar spaces surrounding air-filled bronchioles; enables visualization of well-defined tissue/air interface;
Bronchograms on Ultrasound ... continuity with central airways ... from the main trachea-bronchial ... POCUS #Clinical #Lung ... #Ultrasound #comparison
The AIRWAYS-2 Randomized Clinical Trial Infographic - A Visual Abstract

Effect of a Strategy of a Supraglottic
The AIRWAYS-2 Randomized ... a Supraglottic Airway ... Device vs Tracheal ... #Supraglottic #Airways2
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
inhalation • Tracheal ... tracheitis • Tracheal ... Subglottis, Cervical Trachea ... Hemangioma • Tracheal ... causes #pulmonary #airway
Awake Tracheal Intubation (ATI)
 • ATI Technique
 • Ergonomics for ATI
 • Managing Procedural Complications
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Awake Tracheal Intubation ... Adults Difficult Airway ... dastrainees #Awake #Tracheal ... Intubation #ATI #airway
Airway Intubation Confirmation on POCUS
Linear probe is placed on anterior neck at the level of the
Airway Intubation ... air-mucosal surface of trachea ... by movement @ trachea ... Herbst @EUSmkh #Airway ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
Anatomical Differences Between Pediatric and Adult Airways 
Pediatric airway is... 
• Proportionally smaller larynx 
• Narrowest
Pediatric and Adult Airways ... Pediatric airway ... pediatrics due to short trachea ... Pediatric #Adult #Airway
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Intrathoracic, upper airway ... : Tracheal stenosis ... Tracheomalacia, Tracheal ... Intrathoracic, lower airway
Lung Findings on Physical Exam
Crackles:
 • Short, discontinuous, sounds mostly heard during inspiration
 • Caused by
Lung Findings on ... collapsed distal airways ... extra-thoracic airway ... (laryngeal or tracheal ... words louder #Lung
Lung Microbiome - The dysbiosis-inflammation cycle. Inflammation of the airways alters environmental growth conditions of airway
Lung Microbiome ... Inflammation of the airways ... conditions of airway ... provokes further airway ... #Lung #Microbiome