APEX: AIRWAY MANAGEMENT and Review exam Flashcards
Mallampati score measure what?
Size of the tongue relative to the volume of the mouth
Mallampati exam helps predict
Difficulty of ET intubation
Mallampati exam perform with the patient
Sit upright
Extend neck
Open mouth
Stick out tongue
Class I airway you can visualize the
Tonsillar pillars
The more space the tongue occupies,
The less space is there to work
Higher mallampati score
More difficult intubation
is mallampati a good predictor?
By itself mallampati is a poor predictor of a difficult airway.
Mnemonic to remember Mallampati Class
PUSH
Class I Mallampati you can see
Pillars , Uvula, Soft palate, Hard palate
Class II Mallampati you can see
Uvula, Soft palate, Hard Palate
Class III Mallampati you can see
Soft palate and Hard palate
Class IV Mallampati you can see
Hard palate
What affects your ability to align the axes
Patient’s ability to open the mouth
What are the axes you are trying to align?
Pharyngeal
Oral
Laryngeal
Small inter-incisor gas creates
Acute angle between the oral and glottic opening increasing the difficulty of intubation
what is a normal inter-incisor GAP
2-3 fingerbreaths or 4cm
Longer incisors and the inter-incisor gap
Reduce the gap
What increase the risk of dental damage
Buck teeth.
Mandibular protrusion test assesses the function of
the TMJ
When performing the mandibular protrusion test, the patient is asked to
SUBLUX THE JAW and the position of the lower incisors is compared to the position of the upper incisors
A class 3 mandibular protrusion meaning
More difficult laryngoscopy
To expose the glottic opening you must
Displace the tongue into the Submandibular space (radiation, tumor make this more difficult)
What are the border of the submandibular space:
Superior
Inferior
Lateral
Superior border of the submandibular space is
Mentum
Inferior border of the submandibular space is
Hyoid
Lateral border of the submandibular space is
Either side of the neck.
How is the thyromental distance helpful?
Estimate the size of the submandibular space.
Where is the thyromental distance measured?
Thyroid cartilage to the TIP of the mentum
Thyromental distance less than ________ or greater than makes laryngoscope more difficult
6 cm ( 3 fingerbreaths) and greater than 9cm
TMD less than 6cm seen with
Mandibular hypoplasia
Small submandibular space
TMD more than 9cm seen with
Larynx is more caudal
Mandibular protrusion test is a
Upper lip bite test.
MPT class I
Patient can move lower incisors past upper incisors and bite the vermillion of the lip (where lip meets facial skin)(
MPT CLass II
Patient can move Lower incisors in line with upper incisors.
MPT Class III
Patient cannot move lower incisors past upper incisors. Indicating difficult intubation
The ability to place the patient in a sniffing position is highly dependent on the mobility of what joing?
Atlanto-occipital joint
What is a normal atlanto occipital joint flexion and extension ?
90-165 degrees
Normal Atlanto occipital joint extension
35 degrees
At what degree of extension of the atlanto-occipital joint is laryngoscopy difficult?
< 23 degrees
What are top conditions affecting Atlanto-occipital joint mobility?
Degenerative joint disease RA Ankylosing spondylitis Trauma Surgical fixation Klippel-feil Down syndrome DM (joint glycosylation)
Cormack and lehane grading if you can only see the EPIGLOTTIS
3
Cormack and lehane grading: Grade I what can you see
Complete or nearly complete view of the glottic opening
Cormack and lehane grading: Grade II what can you see
Posterior region of the glottic opening seen
Cormack and lehane grading: Grade III what can you see
Epiglottis opening
Cormack and lehane grading: Grade IV
Soft palate only
Grade II BCormack and lehane grading:
corniculate cartilages and posterior vocal cords. ( if you see arytenoids pick that if corniculate is not an answero
Grade indicating easier intbuation Cormack and lehane grading?
I & IIA
Grade indicating harder intubation Cormack and lehane grading?
Grade IIB & III
Grade indicating alternative approach to intubation Cormack and lehane grading?
Grade IV
Best predictors of Difficult mask ventilation?
BONES
Beard Obese (BMI >26) No teeth (edentulous) Elderly Snoring
5 Questions to answer before providing airway management?
- Will you be able to mask ventilate
- Will you be able to intubate
- Will you be able to place a supraglottic airway
- Will you be able to place invasive airway
- HOw fast must you secure the airway
Mouth opening and incisors, overbite with intubation, what makes difficult
Small mouth opening,
Long incisors
Prominent overbite
Palate and mallampati, what makes intubation difficult?
High arches palate Mallampati class III or IV
Jaw and difficult intubation, what makes it difficult
Retrognathic jaw
Inability to sublux jaw
Neck and difficult intubation
Short, thick neck
Short thyromental distance
Reduce cervical mobility
Risk factors for difficult supraglottic device placement? Mouth opening and upper airway implications
Limited mouth opening
Upper airway obstruction (anything that prevent the passage of the airway to the pharynx)
Altered pharyngeal ANATOMY (preventing a seal)
Risk factors for difficult supraglottic device placement? lung and Upper and lower airway implications
Poor lung complinace (requiring excessive PIP)
Increase airway resistance( Requiring excessive PIP)
lower airway obstruction
Risk factors for difficult invasive airway placement?
neck anatomy
Abnormal neck anatomy (tumor, radiation, abscess)
Short neck
Risk factors for difficult invasive airway placement?
Weight
Obesity (cant see cricothyroid membrane)
Risk factors for difficult invasive airway placement?
Larynx
Laryngeal trauma
Fasting guidelines Clear liquid
2 hours
Fasting guidelines breastmilk
4 hours
Fasting guidelines nonhuman milk, infant formula solid food
6 hours
Fasting guidelines Fried and fatty food
8 hours
Clear liquid 2 hours before surgery does what?
Reduces gastric volume and increases gastric pH
Mendelson syndrome risk factors
Gastric ph<2.5
Gastric volume > 25 ml
RSI , different because
pt is not ventilated
Esophagus compressed by applied pressure to cricoid ring (applied before the patient loses consciousness and maintained until tracheal intubation is confirmed.
Pressure before LOC
2kg
Pressure after LOC
4kg
RSI avoid if patient is
actively vomiting
RSI and LES pressure
reduce
Complications of RSI
AID
Airway obstruction
Difficulty with laryngoscopy
Difficult intubation
Congenital associated with cervical spine abnormalities?
Goldenhar
Klippel-Feil
Trisomy 21 (down syndrome)
What is angioedema?
Results in vascular permeability leading to swelling of the face, tongue, and airway. Acute obstruction is a concern>
2 main causes of Angioedema
ACEI
Hereditary
ACEI angioedema treatment
Epinephrine
Antihistamine
Steroids
Hereditary angioedema caused by
C1 esterase deficiency
Hereditary angioedema treatment
C1 esterase concentrate or FFP
For hereditary angioedema , does ACEI angioedema treatment work?
No
What is ludwig’s angina?
bacterial infection, rapidly progressive cellulitis in the floor of the mouth.
Ludwig’s angian affect
Submandibular
Submaxillary
Sublingual spaces
Most significant concern with Lugwig’s angina
Displacement of the tongue resulting in complete, supraglottic airway obstruction.
With Ludwig’s angina, The best way to secure the airway is with the patient
Awake (Awake nasal intubation, awake tracheostomy )
Contraindicated in patients with an infection above the level of the trachea
Retrograde intubation
Congenital abnormality: Large tongue (BIG TONGUE (BT)
Beckwith syndrome Trisomy 21 ( Down syndrome)
Congenital abnormality: Small under developed mandible (PGTC)
Please GET THAT CHIN Pierre Robin Goldenhar Treacher collins Cri du chat
Congenital abnormality: Cervical Spine anomaly (KTG)
Kids TRY GOLD ‘
Klippel - Feil
Trisomy 21
Goldenhar
Congenital abnormality subglottic stenosis
Trisomy 21 (down syndrome)
What is choanal atresia?
Nasal airway is blocked by tissue
Pierre ROBIN tongue
Falls back and downwards (GLOSSOPTOSIS)
Terms that indicate small underdeveloped mandible
Micrognathia
Mandibular hypoplasia
What is the optimal position for tracheal intubation?
Cervical Flexion and atlanto-occipital joint extension
Sniffing position maximizes the probability of successful tracheal intubation by aligning the
oral
Pharyngeal
laryngeal axes
2 key elements of sniffing position
Cervical flexion
Atlanto-occipital joint extension: Extends the head on the neck
Best position for direct vision laryngoscopy
sniffing position
Best position for obese patient is HELP
HELP means HEAD ELEVATED laryngoscopy position
Optimal position is achieve for sniffing when
Sternum and EXTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS are in the same horizontal plane,
Why is putting the bed in reverse trendelenburg positio help?
prolongs the time between apnea and desaturation?
How does the head position affect the ETT after intubation
The tube goes where the NOSE goes
Nose to chest pushes tip of ETT
Towards the carina 2cm
Nose away from chest pushes tip of ETT
away from carina 2cm
Lateral rotation of the head moves the tip of ETT
Away from carina 0.7cm
Steep Tredelenburg position causes
Abdominal content to shift towards the chest. This reduces thoracic volume and increases the risk of ENDOBRONCHIAL INTUBATION
Position increases the risk of endobronchial intubation>
Steep Tredelenburg
Contraindications of nasopharyngeal airway
Coagulopathy
Le Fort II or III fractures
What can LeFort fracture can cause that affect airway?
Can disrupt the cribiform place, direct line of communication with nasal and cranial cavities. Placing a nasal airway , nasal ETT and NGT could be catastrophic.
Signs of cribiform plate injury include
Raccoon eyes,
Periorbital edema
CSF leak in the nose or ears
Most common used oral airway
Berman
How do you size oral pharungeal airway (OPA)
Measured from the corner of the mouth to the EARLOBE or Angle of the mandible
If OPA too short what can happen?
Obstruct the airway by causing tongue to kink against roof of the mouth
OPA too long can
Obstruct the patien’ts ariway by displacing the epiglotiss towards the glottis.
How do you size the Nasopharyngeal airway (NPA)
From the nare to the earlobe or the angle of the mandible.
Do not do this with NPA
Do not push towards the brain, it can traumatize the turbinates.