JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study Observational Study
Association Between Tracheal Intubation During Adult In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest and Survival.
Tracheal intubation is common during adult in-hospital cardiac arrest, but little is known about the association between tracheal intubation and survival in this setting. ⋯ Among adult patients with in-hospital cardiac arrest, initiation of tracheal intubation within any given minute during the first 15 minutes of resuscitation, compared with no intubation during that minute, was associated with decreased survival to hospital discharge. Although the study design does not eliminate the potential for confounding by indication, these findings do not support early tracheal intubation for adult in-hospital cardiac arrest.