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Difficult Airway Conditions List (A to Z)

Difficult Airway Syndromes, Description and Potential Problems

By @dastrainees

#Difficult #Airway #Conditions
Difficult Airway Syndromes ... Airway #Conditions #Syndromes ... #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare # ... intubation
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
impact of basic management ... difficult airway management ... • Video-assisted ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #CriticalCare ... #Management
Nasal Oxygen Delivery Devices
Nasal cannula can be used to deliver supplemental O2. Conventional nasal cannula are
rate of requiring intubation ... lower rates of re-intubation ... patients - Nick ... Delivery #Devices #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... ratio < 300 Nick ... Distress #Acute #Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #CriticalCare
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
OPA, Suction, Video ... MANAGEMENT o ... 30 degrees - Nick ... #checklist #criticalcare ... #airway #management
Weaning from the Ventilator - Algorithm
Setting up for extubation success
 • Decrease demand — correct metabolic
Setting up for extubation ... happy lungs Nick ... Ventilator #Algorithm #Extubation ... #CriticalCare # ... Management
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
COVID-19 Intubation ... Hood to cover neck ... Stuff • Video ... Checklist #SARSCoV2 #Management ... #CriticalCare #
Esophageal Intubation
 • Capnography Detection - No trace, Wrong place
 • Prevention and Mitigation
Esophageal Intubation ... Mitigation - Video ... #Esophageal #Intubation ... detection #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
transmission • Incubation ... Symmetric macular ... Albuminuria, nephrotic syndrome ... Headache, meningitis, ocular ... stages #diagnosis #management
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome ... cases; 50% in nec ... , erythematous macular ... #Toxic #Shock #Syndrome ... STSS #treatment #management