Articles: intubation.
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Observational Study
Practice, Outcomes and Complications of Emergent Endotracheal Intubation By Critical Care Practitioners During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
For patients with COVID-19 who undergo emergency endotracheal intubation, data are limited regarding the practice, outcomes, and complications of this procedure. ⋯ Video laryngoscopy and neuromuscular blockade were used increasingly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite a higher rate of first-pass success during the pandemic, the incidence of complications associated with the procedure was higher.
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Pediatric emergency care · Dec 2021
Pediatric Difficult Airway Response Team Utilization in the Emergency Department: A Case Series.
A multidisciplinary pediatric difficult airway team was created at our institution to respond to hospital-wide airway emergencies. We report the characteristics, indications, and outcomes of these activations that occur in the pediatric emergency department (PED). ⋯ Difficult airways in the PED were uncommon. Most cases were resolved with familiar equipment including direct laryngoscopy, video laryngoscopy, and supraglottic airways.
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Awake fibreoptic intubation has always been considered the gold standard for expected difficult airway management. However, the use of fibreoptic intubation was limited because it is time-consuming, requires skillful operators and easily affected by blood or secretions in the oral or nasopharynx. We reported a modified technique of awake fibreoptic nasal intubation with the aid of End-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2) monitoring, aiming to improve the efficiency and safety of awake fibreoptic intubation.