Emergency tracheal intubation: Complications associated with repeated laryngoscopic attempts
Emergency tracheal intubation: Complications associated with repeated laryngoscopic attempts
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DOI:
10.1213/01.ane.0000122825.04923.15
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发表时间:
2004-08-01
影响因子:
5.7
通讯作者:
Mort, TC
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作者:
Mort, TC
Repeated conventional tracheal intubation attempts may contribute to patient morbidity. Critically-ill patients (n = 2833) suffering from cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, neurologic, or trauma-related deterioration were entered into an emergency intubation quality improvement database. This practice analysis was evaluated for airway and hemodynamic-related complications based on a set of defined variables that were correlated to the number of attempts required to successfully intubate the trachea outside the operating room. There was a significant increase in the rate of airway-related complications as the number of laryngoscopic attempts increased (< 2 versus >2 attempts): hypoxemia (11.8% versus 70%), regurgitation of gastric contents (1.9% versus 22%), aspiration of gastric contents (0.8% versusl 3%) bradycardia (1.60% versus 21%), and cardiac arrest (0.7% versus 110%; P < 0.001). Although predictable, this analysis provides data that confirm the number of laryngoscopic attempts is associated with the incidence of airway and hemodynamic adverse events. These data support the recommendation of the ASA Task Force on the Management of the Difficult Airway to limit laryngoscopic attempts to three in lieu of the considerable patient injury that may occur.