(1489842) The Physiologically Difficult Airway: Prediction, Mitigation, and Recovery

Monday, January 22, 2024

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM MT

Location: North-132

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

Kunal Karamchandani, MD, FCCP, FCCM

Associate Professor Anesthesiology and Critical Care
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas
MJ

Mary Jarzebowski, MD

Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, MI

Disclosure(s):

Kunal Karamchandani, MD, FCCP, FCCM: Eagle Pharmaceuticals: Advisory Board (Terminated, April 23, 2023)

Mary Jarzebowski, MD: No relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose.

Physiologic derangements during and after airway management in the ICU occur far more commonly than technically challenging airway management. The physiologically difficult airway is an emerging concept that describes clinical scenarios in which patients are at heightened risk from adverse cardiopulmonary outcomes related to airway management. Technical advances in airway management have reduced the incidence of the classically defined technically difficult airway; however, strategies to predict, mitigate, and recover from physiologic derangements are important to further patient safety during this common bedside procedure.

Learning Objectives:

Identify patients at risk for physiologic trespass during airway management in the ICU
Develop strategies to mitigate hypoxemia during airway management
Summarize approaches to prevent and recover from cardiovascular instability during airway management