Difficult Airway Management: Case Studies

DIFFICULT AIRWAY MANAGEMENT
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Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Case scenario 1
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	Difficult mask ventilation
	Principles of airway management
	Airway assessment
	Special investigations
	Formulation of an airway management strategy
	Performance of the procedure
	Unanticipated difficult tracheal intubation
	Extubation and follow-up
	References
Case scenario 2
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	The initial management of this patient
	What potential aetiologies could cause bleeding in the airway?
	How could blood within the upper airway make your management more difficult?
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	Management strategy for a patient with a bleeding airway
	References
Case scenario 3
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	References
Case scenario 4
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	References
Case scenario 5
	Introduction
	Past history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	Practical tips for successful fibreoptic intubation via a supraglottic airway device
	References
Case scenario 6
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	References
Case scenario 7
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	References
Case scenario 8
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	Mackenzie technique of airway topicalisation
	References
Case scenario 9
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	Causes of potential difficult airways in patients with oral cancers
	References
Case scenario 10
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	Nasal versus oral tracheal tube in critical care
	Awake fibreoptic intubation
	References
Case scenario 11
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	Methods to optimise intubation during awake fibreoptic intubation via the oral route
	References
Case scenario 12
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	Preoperative management
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	What are the potential causes of low tidal volumes?
	How would you troubleshoot a low tidal volume alarm to diagnose the cause?
	References
Case scenario 13
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	References
Case scenario 14
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	Airway exchange catheter
	Front-of-neck access (FONA)
	What potential difficulties may be encountered while performing front-of-neck access?
	References
Case scenario 15
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	References
Case scenario 16
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	References
Case scenario 17
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	References
Case scenario 18
	Introduction
	Past history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	Tracheostomy bleeding
	References
Case scenario 19
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	What are the possible causes?
	How would you manage this case differently?
	Extubation planning
	References
Case scenario 20
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	Why can extubation be dangerous?
	References
Case scenario 21
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	What potential complications are there with awake tracheal intubations (ATI)?
	References
Case scenario 22
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	Why do serious airway complications occur?
	What factors may cause someone to change their initial airway management plan?
	References
Case scenario 23
	Introduction
	Past medical history
	Clinical examination
	Investigations
	What would be your concerns with this case?
	How this case was managed
	How would you manage this case differently?
	How would you approach difficult neonatal intubation?
	How would you manage the team dynamics through this scenario?
	References
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