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Difficult & Failed
Airway
Defined as:
DEATH
Difficult Airway
Statistics
0 Difficult laryngoscopy: 1:50 100
0 Failed intubation in general population:
1:3000
0 Cant intubate cant ventilate: 1:5000
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Difficult & Failed Airway
Benumofs definition of best attempt
0 Experienced endoscopist
0 Full paralysis
0 Optimal morning sniff position
0 OELM
0 A range of blade lengths
0 Different types of blade
(Magill curved; Miller straight)
Difficult & Failed Airway
Benumofs definition
Disproportion can be
objectively assessed
with use of
- Mallampati Score
- The Thyromental
Disproportion - an
extreme case!!!!
Immobility
0Skeletal
c-spine injuries,
rheumatoid a
0Non-
skeletal
burns, contractures
Difficult Airway
Assessment - history
0 Previous anaesthetic history of DA
0 Previous neck surgery, radiotherapy or burns
0 Diabetes mellitus glycosylation of tissue
proteins
0 TM joint, C-spine, arytenoids
0 Difficult intubation in 30% of diabetics
Difficult Airway
Assessment - history
Rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis,
other auto-immune diseases:
0 Immune-mediated joint destruction
0 Chronic progressive synovial inflammation,
esp:
0 Cervical spine
0 Temporomandibular joint
Difficult & Failed
Airway
Atlanto-axial subluxation
3. Thyromental distance
of less than 6cm (3
finger breadths)
-- 75% positive
predictive value
Difficult & Failed Airway
Clinical tests
0 Disproportion
0 Mallampati score
0 Grade IV addition by Samsoon & Young
0 Ties in very closely with Cormack & LeHane
grading of vocal cord visualisation
Difficult & Failed Airway
Clinical tests
Affected by cricoid
pressure
FRC
Important to consider the respiratory functional
reserve
0 Mallampati score
0 Obstruction upper airway
0 Neck mobility
0 RSI with
0 Rescue airway devices on hand and
0 ENT surgeon scrubbed and ready
0 Patient prepared for emergency tracheostomy
Anticipated Difficult
Airway
Options
0 Propofol quick-look
0 Inhalation induction
0 Classic LMA
0 Proseal LMA
0 Intubating LMA
0 Awake flexible fibre-optic nasal
intubation
0 Airtraq optical laryngoscope
0 Awake elective tracheostomy under
local anaesthetic
Unanticipated difficult
and failed airway
0 ASA
0 UK DAS
0 Elective GA, not
EM application
0 Confusing and
intimidating at
first
Unanticipated difficult and
failed airway
Unanticipated difficult and
failed airway
Repeated laryngoscopy:
0Laryngeal oedema
0Bleeding
0Can evolve into CICV
Unanticipated difficult and
failed airway
0 Laryngoscopy should be limited
0 Mass effect
0 Mobility
Mass Effect
0 Supraglottic
0 Infraglottic
Mobilty
0 TMJ
0 C-spine
0 Wilson Score
Evaluation
0 Mallampati
0 Thyromental
0 LEMON
Difficult Bag Ventilation
0 Beard
0 Obesity
0 Age>55
0 Snoring
0 Teeth
Difficult Laryngoscopy
0 Anticipated
0 Unanticipated
Cant Intubate Cant
Ventilate
0 Rapid sequence
0 After 1st failure call for help in emergency
0 After 3rd attempt with elective
0 Optimize position
0 2 people
Advanced Airway
Management
0 Blind
0 Direct laryngoscopy
0 Indirect laryngoscopy
0 Surgical
Instruments
0 Supraglottic
0 Infraglottic - intubation
Supraglottic
Supraglottic
Laryngeal Mask Airway
Laryngeal Mask
Insertion
Insertion
Proseal LMA
The Many Types of LMA
AMBU LMA
i-gel
SLIPA
Position of SLIPA
Supraglottic
Supraglottic
Supraglottic
Combitube
Supraglottic
Supraglottic
Intubation
Technique
Placement
Blind
0 Awake Nasal
0 Use of a Bougie
0 Light Wand
0 Intubating LMA
Direct Laryngoscopy
0 Macintosh
0 Miller
0 McCoy
0 Polio
Indirect laryngoscopy
0 RIGID
0 Glidescope
0 McGrath
0 Pentax AWS
0 Airtraq
0 Bullard Laryngoscope
0 Wuscope
Rigid Indirect
Rigid Indirect
Indirect laryngoscopy
0 FLEXIBLE
0 Optical Stylet
0 Bonfils Retromandibular Optical Stylet
0 Fibreoptic bronchoscope
Flexible Indirect
laryngoscopy
Flexible Indirect
laryngoscopy
Surgical
0 Elective - Retrograde
0 Emergency Needle, Surgical
Cricothyrodotomy
0 Tracheostomy
Needle vs Surgical
Jet Ventilation
Augustine Guide
Variants of Endotracheal
Tubes
0 RAE
0 Armoured
0 Double lumen
RAE
North RAE
Armoured
Armoured
Armoured
Double Lumen
Right vs Left