Predictors of and Pearls for Difficult Airway Management

Joseph Esherick, M.D., FAAFP, FHM
More Articles – Endotracheal Intubation, Featured, King Tube, Laryngeal Mask Airway, Mechanical Ventilation, Medical General, medical procedures, Respiratory diseases
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Patients may have anatomically difficult airways or physiologically difficult airways.  Both anatomical and physiological factors can lead to peri-intubation complications.  My goal for this blog is to describe the factors that may contribute to an anatomically difficult airway and clinical…
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Bleeding Risk of Central Line Insertion in Coagulopathic Patients

Ultrasound-Guided Internal Jugular Line Placement
Joseph Esherick, M.D., FAAFP, FHM
More Articles – Central line, Featured, Hematology, medical procedures
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The evidence base for the safety of ultrasound-guided central line placement with thrombocytopenia or in patients with a bleeding diathesis is not robust.  Nevertheless, based on the data available most procedural experts feels that an ultrasound-guided central venous catheter insertion…
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