Tag: intubation
The effect of neuromuscular blockade on the efficiency of facemask ventilation in patients difficult to facemask ventilate
Facemask ventilation of the lungs can be an important rescue intervention in a "cannot intubate" scenario. We assessed the effect of neuromuscular blockade on expiratory tidal volumes in patients with expected difficulty... read more
Clinical Impact of External Laryngeal Manipulation During Laryngoscopy on Tracheal Intubation Success in Critically Ill Children
External laryngeal manipulation during direct laryngoscopy was associated with lower initial tracheal intubation attempt success in critically ill children, even after adjusting for underlying differences in patient factors... read more
Tracheal Intubation During Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Survival
This cohort study uses data from the Get With The Guidelines-Resuscitation registry to investigate the association between tracheal intubation during adult in-hospital cardiac arrest and survival to hospital discharge. In... read more
Management of the Traumatized Airway
There is a lack of evidence-based approach regarding the best practice for airway management in patients with a traumatized airway. Airway trauma may not be readily apparent, and its evaluation requires a high level of suspicion... read more
Guidelines for Tracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Adults
The Intensive Care Society, Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Difficult Airway Society and the Royal College of Anesthetists have combined to provide the "Guidelines for the management of tracheal intubation in critically... read more
Tracheal Intubation in Critically Ill Patients
We performed a systematic review of randomized controlled studies evaluating any drug, technique or device aimed at improving the success rate or safety of tracheal intubation in the critically ill. We identified 22 trials... read more
Predictors of Intubation in Patients With AHRF Treated With a Noninvasive Oxygenation Strategy
In patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure breathing spontaneously, the respiratory rate was a predictor of intubation under standard oxygen, but not under high-flow nasal cannula oxygen or noninvasive ventilation.... read more
Delayed Intubation Linked to Poor Outcome
The optimal timing of endotracheal intubation in critically ill patients requiring invasive mechanical ventilation remains undefined. A new analysis of the large, prospective Intensive Care Over Nations (ICON) database compares... read more
Effect of Standardized Handoff Curriculum on Improved Clinician Preparedness in the ICU
The UW-IPASS standardized handoff curriculum was perceived to improve intensive care provider preparedness and workflow. IPASS-based curricula represent an important step forward in communication standardization efforts and... read more
Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure in Immunocompromised Patients
In immunocompromised patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (ARF), initial management aims primarily to avoid invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV). HFNC has an effect on intubation but not on mortality rates.... read more
Hypoxia and Hypotension in Patients Intubated by Physician Staffed Helicopter EMS
The effective treatment of airway compromise in trauma and non-trauma patients is important. Hypoxia and hypotension are predictors of negative patient outcomes and increased mortality, and may be important quality indicators... read more
Does a 1-h Rest After a Successful SBT Really Improve Extubation Outcome?
Discussion on whether reconnection to mechanical ventilation for 1h after a successful spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) reduces reintubation in critically ill patients: a multicenter randomized controlled trial.... read more
High Flow Nasal Cannula Use Outside of the ICU – Factors Associated with Failure
High FiO2 requirements, history of intubation, and cardiac co-morbidity are associative predictors of HFNC failure. Bronchiolitis patients may be treated with HFNC outside of the ICU with lower odds of failure. Two hundred... read more
The Role of Physiotherapy in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery in the ICU
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) is an evidence-based, multimodal approach to optimising patient outcomes following surgery. The role of physiotherapy within ERAS and intensive care units (ICU) is important. Patients... read more
A multicenter, randomized trial of a checklist for endotracheal intubation of critically ill adults
The verbal performance of a written, pre-procedure checklist does not increase the lowest arterial oxygen saturation or lowest systolic blood pressure during endotracheal intubation of critically ill adults compared to usual... read more
Drug does not significantly reduce duration of mechanical ventilation for COPD patients
Among mechanically ventilated patients with COPD, administration of the respiratory stimulant acetazolamide did not significantly reduce the duration of invasive mechanical ventilation.... read more
Noninvasive Ventilation in Patients With Hematologic Malignancy
Two-thirds of patients with Hematologic Malignancy and respiratory failure failed Noninvasive Ventilation (NIV) and required endotracheal intubation, and had high subsequent mortality. Patients who failed NIV had higher Paco2,... read more
Airway Management of The Morbidly Obese Patient
Obesity is a major health care dilemma. All aspects of medical care, including anesthesia, are affected by it. All physiologic systems are altered by obesity, which imparts a higher risk for complications in the perioperative... read more
Mastering Intensive Care
Is the patient the centre of every action you take in the ICU? Do you exude calm and enthusiastic energy and greet other team members warmly and genuinely? Do you seek pleasure in seeing colleagues grow to become more skilled... read more
Avoiding Intubation
Review the basic principles and physiology of Non-Invasive Ventilation and High-Flow Oxygen Systems. Critical Care Summit talk by William Bender, MD, Assistant Professor of Pulmonary and Critical Care Emory University School... read more
An Airway Risk Assessment Score for Unplanned Extubation in PICU
Higher Risk Assessment Scores are associated with occurrence rates of unplanned extubation. As a result of a workshop to identify common causes of unplanned extubation, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta developed a scoring... read more
Intubation During CPR was Associated with Worse Survival and Brain Health
Intubating patients in cardiac arrest is widely considered ideal care. But in this analysis, the patients who were intubated were less likely to survive (16% vs 19%) or have a good functional outcome (~11% vs ~14%). Intubation... read more
