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Will This Patient Be Difficult to Intubate? Interview with Dr Michael Detsky

JAMAevidence The Rational Clinical Examination

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Covid-19

A group had come up with a plan on how to communicate whether a patient might be a difficult intubation or not. And I haven't really seen it been used that much just because of what I said earlier that we haven't had that many people get intubated on the ward. So I can't really comment on whether this was helpful or not. But to me, I think it makes sense. Anyone coming in who's COVID-19 positive, who's requiring supplemental oxygen, you could do a pretty helpful physical exam within five minutes using some of the tests that we have here. That can maybe communicate that whether you anticipate, you know, what this patient, if they

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