Browsing: Airway

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Airway , Clinical

Love Hurts: Rare Hypersensitivity Reaction in the Emergency Department

9/22/2020 Darren Cuthbert, MD, MPH , David Christopher Cuthbert, MD , Joshua Bucher, MD , James Karz, DO , Jaila Graham , Mohamed Olabi
Human seminal fluid hypersensitivity affects roughly 40,000 women in the U.S.
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Clinical , Airway , Ventilator Management

High Flow Nasal Cannula for the Emergency Physician

12/16/2019 Jason Block, MD
A look at this option for delivering supplemental oxygen in patients experiencing hypoxemic respiratory failure in emergency care.
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Airway , Pediatric EM

Difficult to Ventilate and Oxygenate: The Pediatric Airway Overview

6/10/2019 Zaza Atanelov, MD, MPH , Gwen Hooley, MD , Sylvia E. Garcia, MD
Critically ill pediatric patients can make physicians-in-training nervous - and that anxiety is heightened when it comes to a pediatric patient in respiratory distress. This article reviews the basics
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Airway

Fixing a Cuff Leak: Learning to Improvise with Airway Problems

6/10/2019 Michael Lauria, MD, NRP, FP-C , Tatsuya Norii, MD, FACEP , Codruta Soneru, MD
Cuff defects top the list of structural causes of air leak from endotracheal tubes. Being able to troubleshoot the problem without changing the ETT decreases risk to the patient and saves valuable tim
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Visual Diagnosis , Airway

Diagnose This Condition

12/15/2018 R. Steven Stefancic, MD
A male in his mid-40s presents with sore throat, difficulty breathing, vocal change, and drooling. He appears anxious and uncomfortable; initial vitals show a febrile, tachycardic patient.
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Airway

Tracheal Bronchus: A Case Report

12/15/2018 Adam A. Johnson, MD , Rick McPheeters, DO
Up to 5% of the population has a right superior lobe bronchus arising directly from the trachea proximal to the carina. It can cause complications with airway management if unrecognized, and can be th
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Grants , Simulation , Airway , Pediatric EM , Medical Education

Pediatric Sedation Simulation for Emergency Medicine Residents: Improving Patient Safety with Standardized Procedural Checklists

8/17/2018 Lawrence Lau, MD , Xiao C. "Tony" Zhang, MD, MS , Ronald V. Hall, MD, FACEP , Crystal Waters, MS , Nathan Duncan , Elizabeth Lee, MD , Kory S. London, MD, FACEP , Dimitrios Papanagnou, MD, MPH
In EDs where pediatric volume is low, pediatric sedation is a low-frequency, high-consequence procedure, in which the nature of the medications and procedure are all the risks of airway management and
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Airway

Delayed Sequence Intubation: Basics for Residents

6/9/2018 Tim Montrief, MD, MPH
In emergency medicine, there are many different methods of managing a patient's airway, including one of the newest modalities: delayed sequence intubation.
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Critical Care , Airway , Critical Care Alert

Critical Care Alert: Comparing Early APRV and LTV in ARDS Patients in ICU

3/27/2018 Sean M. Hickey, MD
Our March 2018 Critical Care Alert compares early use of APRV and LTV in ARDS patients in ICU.
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Critical Care , Airway

Post-Intubation Tracheal Tear Leading to Abdominal Compartment Syndrome

12/6/2016 Rotem Friede, MD , Ben Liss, MD , Alin Gragossian, DO, MPH
Post-Intubation Tracheal Tear Leading to Abdominal Compartment Syndrome A 46-year-old female with a history of asthma and anxiety presents to the emergency department (ED) with progressively worsenin