Airway management and airway obstruction

Question 1

LMA contraindications

Answer 1

• inability to open mouth
• pharyngeal pathology
• airway obstruction at or below the larynx
• low pulmonary compliance or high airway resistance

Question 2

LMA complications

Answer 2

• aspiration
• gastric insufflation
• partial airway obstruction
• coughing
• laryngo-spasm
• post-extubation stridor

Question 3

failed intubation algorithm

Answer 3

Question 4

complications of ET intubation

Answer 4

• during intubation
  
  • failed intubation
  • trauma
  • hypotension and tachycardia
  • increased ICP
• while the tube is in place
  
  • dislodgement
  • tube deformation
  • blockage
• following extubation
  
  • aspiration
  • post-extubation airway obstruction
  • laryngeal and tracheal stenosis

Question 5

pitfalls of bag mask ventilation

Answer 5

• inadequate ventilation
• gastric insufflation –> vomiting and aspiration
• over distention of the lungs

Question 6

contradictions to LMA

Answer 6

• inability to get into the mouth
• pharyngeal pathology
• airway obstruction at or below the larynx
• low pulmonary compliance or high airway resistance

Question 7

common complications of LMA

Answer 7

• aspiration
• gastric insufflation
• partial airway obstruction
• coughing
• laryngo-spasm
• post-extubation stridor