The Physiologic Difficult Airway with Dr. Proshad Efune

Proshad Efune, MD is an Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern. She completed both her pediatric critical care and pediatric anesthesia fellowships here at UT, and she now practices in both the operating room and the pediatric ICU here at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. She is interested in pre-operative management of critically ill children.

Learning Objectives
After listening to this episode, learners should be able to:

1. Identify clinical scenarios at high risk for cardiovascular collapse surrounding endotracheal intubation.
2. Discuss a clinical approach to minimize the risk of peri-intubation cardiovascular collapse in the following high-risk scenarios:
   1. Severe hypoxemia
   2. Severe metabolic acidosis
   3. Hypotension/septic shock
   4. Obstructive lung disease
   5. Hemorrhagic shock
   6. Cardiac tamponade