Airway and respiratory

Every answer in Airway and respiratory has these

• Open with the operation, its urgency and this patient's airway or lung problem.
• Name the airway plan as Plans A to D, with front-of-neck access ready before induction.
• Give this lung's targets: SpO2 goal, PEEP, rate and expiratory time.
• Say how, where and when the patient is extubated, and where they are monitored after.

The cases

1. Obesity hypoventilation for emergency laparotomy Core
2. Severe hypercapnic COPD for shoulder surgery under a blockand 1 more patient
3. Severe sleep apnoea for nasal and palatal surgery
4. Ankylosing spondylitis with a cervical fracture for fixation
5. Brittle asthma for ankle fixation, with bronchospasm at induction Coreand 1 more patient
6. Rising airway pressure after chest trauma during femoral nailing
7. Subglottic stenosis for laser and dilation with jet ventilation Coreand 1 more patient
8. Duchenne muscular dystrophy for scoliosis surgery
9. Ludwig angina with trismus: awake tracheal intubation Coreand 1 more patient
10. Rheumatoid neck for emergency surgery: failed intubation at RSI Core
11. Retrosternal goitre with tracheal compression for thyroidectomy Coreand 1 more patient
12. Adult cystic fibrosis for urgent laparoscopic adhesiolysis