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Do you manage Kids’ airway?

Paediatric Airway Chart for the FOAMed Airway crew who deals with kids’
Paediatric Airway ... @DrEricLevi #Management ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Paediatrics #Airway ... #Chart #Sizes #Intubation
Pediatric Airway Intubation Dumpkit and Cognitive Checklist 

#Dumpkit #Airway #Intubation #CriticalCare #Management #Checklist #Peds #Pediatrics
Pediatric Airway ... Intubation Dumpkit ... #Intubation #CriticalCare ... #Management #Checklist ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
exacerbation (↓ intubation ... ), Cardiogenic pulmonary ... Inability to protect airway ... Ventilation #diagnosis #management ... #indications #pulmonary
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway ... likelihood and clinical ... impact of basic management ... management. 3 ... #CriticalCare #Management
Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
Basic preoperative airway ... anesthesiologists to assess intubation ... do so based on airway ... #clinical #management ... #intubation
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Inspiratory Positive Airway ... CHF, decreases intubation ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical ... #criticalcare #management
Simplified Airway Management Algorithm
Admittedly sacrificing some detail, this simplified airway management algorithm highlights the critical steps,
Management Algorithm ... management algorithm ... highlights the critical ... of progressive intubation ... Simplified #Simple #Management
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
sound over central airways ... , Endotracheal intubation ... : Endotracheal intubation ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... Noisy #Breathing #differential
Bronchiolitis - Lower respiratory tract (bronchioles) 

Microbiology 
 • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (most commonl
Influenza virus Clinical ... Respiratory failure Management ... Continuous positive airway ... • Endotracheal intubation ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
InternalMedicine #Pediatrics ... LightsCriteria #MedNugget #differential ... #ddxof #pulmonary ... #im #radiology ... #clinical