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Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
inhalation • Tracheal ... tracheitis • Tracheal ... Hemangioma • Tracheal ... diagnosis #causes #pulmonary ... #airway #physicalexam
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 ... Diagnosis #Causes #pulmonary
Here’s a bronchoscopy of a healthy airway...

Taher Valika MD @chicagoairwaydoc

#Bronchoscopy #Anatomy #clinical #video #pulmonary #Airway
bronchoscopy of a healthy airway ... #Bronchoscopy #Anatomy ... clinical #video #pulmonary ... #Airway
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
against narrowed airway ... paralysis, GERD Trachea ... Tracheomalacia, tracheal ... stenosis, tracheal ... Diagnosis #Framework #pulmonary
Pediatrics Surgical Airway - Percutaneous Cricothyrotomy - Procedure Checklist
Supply Checklist:
 • Sterile gloves, chlorhexidine
 • Lidocaine
Pediatrics Surgical Airway ... Supply Checklist ... syringe - you are in trachea ... IV cannula into trachea ... for definitive airway
Lung Findings on Physical Exam
Crackles:
 • Short, discontinuous, sounds mostly heard during inspiration
 • Caused by
collapsed distal airways ... alveoli as seen in pulmonary ... extra-thoracic airway ... (laryngeal or tracheal ... Lung #Findings #Pulmonary
COVID-19 Patient Intubation Checklist and Supplies

Intubation Equipment List
 • Appropriately sized tracheal tube with subglottic suction
Patient Intubation Checklist ... Appropriately sized tracheal ... suction system • Tracheal ... Altemative suprglottic airways ... front of neck airway
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
sound over central airways ... intubation Expiratory (Tracheal ... Autoimmune: GPA Lower Airway ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... diagnosis #algorithm #pulmonary
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... , supraglottic airway ... the laryngeal anatomy ... C to intubate trachea ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
obstructing the airway ... correctly positioned tracheal ... ). ❻ Consider tracheal ... negative-pressure pulmonary ... Intraoperative #Checklist