• Lung · Jun 2011

    Review

    Airway management in critically ill patients.

    • Donald E G Griesdale, William R Henderson, and Robert S Green.
    • Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. dgriesdale@post.harvard.edu
    • Lung. 2011 Jun 1;189(3):181-92.

    AbstractIn critically ill patients, endotracheal intubation is associated with a high risk of complications, including severe hypoxemia and hypotension. The purpose of this review is to discuss the definitions, complications, airway assessment, and patient optimization with respect to these patients. In addition, we present different approaches and techniques to help secure the airway in critically ill patients. We also discuss strategies to help minimize the risk of a difficult or failed airway and to mitigate the severe life-threatening complications associated with this high-risk procedure.

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