SAQ 558 – Anaesthetics – difficult airway choices and malignant hyperthermia

You are managing a 45-year-old man who requires endotracheal intubation. Your assessment suggests a difficult airway.

List four (4) specific circumstances that would make awake fibreoptic-guided intubation your first-choice method.

(Marked out of 4.0)

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List four (4) patient factors that would make awake fibreoptic intubation feasible.

(Marked out of 4.0)

/ 4

You proceed with rapid sequence induction, cannot pass an endotracheal tube, and insert a laryngeal mask airway. State three (3) advantages of the laryngeal mask airway compared with ongoing bag-mask ventilation.

(Marked out of 3.0)

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State three (3) disadvantages of a laryngeal mask airway compared with an endotracheal tube.

(Marked out of 3.0)

/ 3

List four (4) clinical findings that should make you suspect malignant hyperthermia.

(Marked out of 4.0)

/ 4

Total Score: 0 / 18

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