Thursday, October 4, 2018

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Airway Concerns 

1. Fiberoptic intubation

2. Establish airway with elective cricothyrotomy

3. Maintain airway during dilation of subglottic stenosis

4. Consider use of Montgomery cannulas in selected patients

5. Quantify degree of impairment with Peak Inspiratory Flow (PIF) and PImax (NIF = Negative Inspiratory Force)