Hypoxemia in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management
Management:
• increase Fi02 to 100% - verify!
• check ETC02 / peak airway pressure
• hand ventilate with large volumes
• look at chest
• auscultate breath sounds
• check endotracheal tube / circuit
• suction
• check pulse oximeters / color of patient (artefacts?)
• arterial blood gas
• reintubate?
• ambu-bag / O2 tank
Mark Harris, MD MPH @ https://twitter.com/MarkHarrisMD
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