S5 Ep. 6: How do I breathe, part 1 (Complex airway anaesthesia)

Today is our first of four episodes that will be released over a four-week period where we discuss lots of wonderful and complex airway scenarios with special guest, Dr Nadia Vargas.

Our first case is that of a 44 year old female patient scheduled to have a total thyroidectomy for a multi nodular goitre with moderate retrosternal extension. She has never had a general anaesthetic before and her only other history is that she has a BMI of 40. Regarding airway examination, she is found to have a mallampati score of 3 and a short thyromental distance of 4.5cm.

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Resources for today's episode:

Difficult Airway Society: Management of haematoma after thyroid surgery guidelines (includes link to original article published in Anaesthesia)

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