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- Updates to Anesthesia Difficult Airway Documentation and Reminders
As of July 17, 2025, a number of improvements will be implemented related to Anesthesia difficult airway documentation and difficult airway reminders, to ensure documented difficult airways are reflected in key places on the patient's chart.
Difficult Airway Documentation
- When a difficult airway is documented in the Procedure Note, it will automatically be reflected in Notable Events.
- When a difficult airway associated complication is documented in Notable Events, the relevant diagnosis will automatically be added to the patient Problem List (see below diagnosis mapping):
- Unable to intubate complication --> Failed or difficult intubation diagnosis
- Difficult to intubate – expected or Difficult to intubate – unexpected complication --> Difficult intubation diagnosis
- Difficult mask airway complication --> Difficult airway diagnosis
Document Difficult Airway Reminder
While documenting a difficult airway in a Procedure Note will not make it automatically flow to the patient Problem List, a "Document Difficult Airway" reminder will fire if the below conditions are met (click the camera icon below for a screenshot):
- One of the following exists in the Notable Events:
- Difficult mask airway
- Unable to intubate – expected
- Unable to Intubate – unexpected
- AND none of the following diagnoses exist under the Problem List:
- Difficult airway
- Difficult intubation
- Failed or difficult intubation
- Clicking on the Document Difficult Airway reminder will then launch a Notable Events window. From there, the difficult airway notable events can be reviewed and manually added to the Problem List if appropriate, by clicking the "+ Add Problem" button.
- Once the difficult airway notable event has been added to the Problem List, it will automatically be reflected in the Storyboard's hover bubble and Airway Alert, and the status board Difficult Intubation column.
