EGD airways

Had a close to brown short incident today anesthetising a 90 yo old lady for an emergency EGD. This after a week of trippy airways and other little challenges leaving me hypertensive. Pt: sweet old lady known to the dept. ASA3, mostly due to AF, htn and light valve insufficiencies, 10x sedations or lma GAs the previous year for ureter stent replacements. In the ED for GI obstruction. Thoracic abdominal CT revealed an enormous hiatus hernia, sphincter closed,ventricle was partially lodged... EGD airways
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