Airway Management in the ICU

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Airway Management in the ICU

Presented from by Dr. Nikhilesh Jain

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Case Description

Airway management in the ICU is critical for patients with respiratory failure, altered consciousness, or severe illness. Endotracheal intubation is the most common method, often performed using rapid sequence induction with appropriate sedation and neuromuscular blockade. Pre-oxygenation and...

Case Summary

  • The speaker emphasizes the importance of airway management in the ICU, focusing on intubation and ventilation. They limit the discussion to procedures within the ICU, excluding super-aglottic airway devices and focusing on the specific problems faced in the critical care setting. The key reasons for intubation are failure to maintain a patent airway, ventilation or oxygenation failure, and anticipation of airway worsening.

Speaker Profile

Dr. Nikhilesh Jain

Dr. Nikhilesh Jain

Alumni - Royal College of Physicians
Director and Consultant Dept of Critical Care at CHL Hospitals, Indore Dr. Nikhilesh Jain is a distinguished Physician Intensivist with over 20 years of experience in critical care medicine. He currently serves as Director and Operational Head of the Department of Critical Care Services at CARE CHL Hospitals, Indore. He completed his MBBS from Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, followed by DNB (Medicine) from Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, and MRCP (Ireland). He also holds IDCCM, FCCCM, and FIECMO qualifications. His special interests include Hemodynamic Monitoring, ECMO, Infectious Diseases and Sepsis, Critical Care Ultrasound, and Multi-Organ Transplants. He has over 65 national and international publications, book chapters, and serves as a journal reviewer for Cureus and Neurocritical Care Society. He is a DNB teacher in Critical Care, has served as Past Secretary and President of ISCCM (Indore Chapter), and is a member of prestigious societies including SCCM (USA), ESICM, ISCCM, NCS, and ATS. He is also involved with ROTTO and SOTTO, India\'s premier organ transplant organizations.

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