Atomize donโt nebulize.
Nebulized lidocaine does a little for the bronchi but almost nothing for the upper airway.
If you want to do an awake intubation safely you need to properly topicalize the airway, using one of these:
Podcast on this topic out soon.
Across the country, private practices are being squeezed out by rising prices and depressed pay. To combat this worrying trend, I sponsored the Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, a bipartisan bill that will cap physician reimbursement cuts and provide greater budgeting clarity for physicians and their private practices. https://t.co/JvP9DOEF6B
More hope for our severe asthma patients
Twice-Yearly Depemokimab in Severe Asthma with an Eosinophilic Phenotype | New England Journal of Medicine https://t.co/8wgvDcyN4y @BCM_Lung@CHESTAirways
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We will be going live in Room 209a #CHEST2022 and discussing Asthma OSA overlap. I ll be joined by esteemed colleagues Mihaela Teodorescu and Phil Alapat. Please join. @CHESTAirways#Asthma#OSA#AsthmaOSAOverlap
Join us today at 11:15 am in 101BC for Airways Network Featured Lecture presentation by @maselliMD on "The Business of Biologics: Practice Operations"
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