Assessment of the airway for intubation

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Chapter 65 Assessment of the airway for intubation


Julia Niewiarowski, Rajeev Mathew and Vijay M. Gadhvi




Checklist



WIPER




Patient sitting at examiner’s eye level



Physiological parameters



Look




General: obese, pregnant, beard present, posture



Jaw: receding mandible, mouth opening



Oral cavity: swelling, vomit, tumour, infection, burns



Teeth: prominent, loose



Face: syndromes, acromegaly



Neck: cervical spine immobility, scarring, masses



Feel




Neck: masses


Feb 18, 2017 | Posted by in GENERAL SURGERY | Comments Off on Assessment of the airway for intubation

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