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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... intubation • ... airway access ... induction of general anesthesia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
Basic preoperative airway ... anesthesiologists to assess intubation ... difficulty, along ... clinical #management #anesthesia ... #intubation
Awake Tracheal Intubation (ATI)
 • ATI Technique
 • Ergonomics for ATI
 • Managing Procedural Complications
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Awake Tracheal Intubation ... ATI in Adults Difficult ... Airway Society ... #ATI #airway #management ... #anesthesia #criticalcare
Anatomical Differences Between Pediatric and Adult Airways 
Pediatric airway is... 
• Proportionally smaller larynx 
• Narrowest
and Adult Airways ... Pediatric airway ... Risk of mainstem intubation ... #CriticalCare #Intubation ... #Diagnosis
Predicting a Difficult Airway
Prior to attempting intubation one should assess the airway. 
3-3-2 rule indicates normal
Predicting a Difficult ... attempting intubation ... of endotracheal intubation ... Assessment #Preop #Anesthesia ... #Diagnosis #Mallampati
Difficult Airway Conditions List (A to Z)

Difficult Airway Syndromes, Description and Potential Problems

By @dastrainees

#Difficult #Airway #Conditions
Difficult Airway ... Airway Syndromes ... #Airway #Conditions ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #criticalcare #intubation
Anatomic Features Associated With Difficult Airways in Children
 • Impingement on airway lumen
 • Cervical spine
Associated With Difficult ... EBmedicine #Difficult ... #peds #pediatrics ... #anatomy #anesthesia ... #differential #diagnosis
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Check optimal airway ... , supraglottic airway ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... #Difficult #Anesthesiology ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
if possible – airway ... or supraglottic airway ... or oesophageal intubation ... Consider alternate diagnoses ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Tracheal Airway POCUS prior to anticipated difficult airway
1. ID cricothyroid membrane evaluation
2. Confirm tracheal intubation
3. Detect
Tracheal Airway ... POCUS prior to anticipated ... difficult airway ... #Tracheal #Airway ... #POCUS #trachea