RT Book, Section
A1 Malpas, Gemma
A1 Kim, Chang
A2 Hung, Orlando R.
A2 Murphy, Michael F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1202478235
T1 Management of the Impossible Airway
T2 Hung’s Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway, 4<sup>th</sup> Edition
YR 2024
FD 2024
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264278329
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1202478235
RD 2024/10/10
AB A  77-year-old  man  presents  to  the  urgent  outpatient  ORL  clinic  with  difficulty  breathing  and  stridor  at  rest.  He  has  a  high  BMI  (35  kg·m–2)  and  a  complex  cardiac  history.  He  presented  to  the  Emergency  Department  a  week  earlier  and  began  a  course  of  prednisone  30  mg  for  airway  swelling.  His  vital  signs  are  temperature  37°C,  heart  rate  100  beats  per  minute,  respiratory  rate  22  breaths  per  minute,  blood  pressure  165/90  mmHg,  and  oxygen  saturation  (SpO2)  95%  on  room  air.  The  patient  is  seated,  using  his  accessory  muscles  respiration  with  severe  stridor.