The difficult airway
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Background
- ASA Difficult Airway Algorithm does not necessary apply to the ED since the patient can always be awakened and case cancelled
Pre-Intubation
See:
Difficult Intubation
Advanced Airway Adjuncts Chart
Airway Adjunct | Examples | Pros | Cons |
Endotracheal tube introducer | Gum elastic bougie |
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Lighted optical stylets |
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Supraglottic airway | LMA |
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Esophogeal obturator | Combitube |
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Percutaneous transtracheal ventilation |
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Intubation Options
Intubation Type | Pros | Cons |
Traditional | ||
Awake intubation | ||
Nasal intubation |
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Retrograde intubation |
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Fiberoptic bronchoscopic intubation |
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Digital intubation |
Surgical Airways
A surgical airway should always be the last step in patients with failure to oxygen and ventilate with BVM and inability to intubate
See Also
Airway Pages
- Pre-intubation
- Induction
- Intubation
- Surgical airways
- Post-intubation
References
- ↑ Driver, B. E., Prekker, M. E., Klein, L. R., Reardon, R. F., Miner, J. R., Fagerstrom, E. T., … Cole, J. B. (2018). Effect of Use of a Bougie vs Endotracheal Tube and Stylet on First-Attempt Intubation Success Among Patients With Difficult Airways Undergoing Emergency Intubation: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 319(21), 2179–2189.