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Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Critical Care Airway Management

There is an explosion of new sonographic applications for airway management in critically ill children and adults. We will review these cutting edge applications for the emergency physician, intensivist, anesthesiologist, and neonatologist. The session includes an orientation to the sonographic appearance of important airway structures, as well as an up-to-date literature summary and practical “how-to” approach for bedside ultrasound in airway management. We will discuss prediction of difficult intubation and appropriate endotracheal tube size, evaluation of stomach contents, confirmation of correct endotracheal tube placement, ultrasound guidance for surgical airways and airway nerve blocks, prediction of failed non-invasive ventilation in neonatal respiratory distress syndrome, asses...

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