Airways management in SARS-CoV-2 related respiratory failure: a prospective observational multi-center study
Critical Care
; 26(SUPPL 1), 2022.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1793899
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Emergency intubation of COVID-19 patients is a highrisk procedure and a challenge to intensivists [1,2]. The aim was to determine major adverse events related to tracheal intubation in COVID-19 patients severe hypoxemia, hemodynamic instability and cardiac arrest.Methods:
This is a prospective, observational, dual-center study of COVID-19 patients undergoing advanced airway management for respiratory failure and admitted in ICU from November 2020 to May 2021. We reported data about demographics, comorbidities and parameters related to the intubation and expertise. Within 30 min from the intubation, we recorded the occurrence of severe hypoxia, cardiac arrest, hemodynamic instability. We collected data about difficult airways, the need of front of neck airways position, death within 30 min from the intubation, arrhythmia, esophageal intubation, pneumomediastinum and pneumothorax recognized within 6 h from the intubation.Results:
Within 142 patients considered for our analysis, 73.94% experienced at least 1 major adverse peri-intubation event. The predominant event was cardiovascular instability in 65.49% of patients, followed by severe hypoxemia (43.54%) and cardiac arrest (2.82%). First-pass success was achieved for 90.84% of patients. The rate of major adverse events was significantly lower with first-pass intubation success than for 2 attempts. No difference was found in ICU LOS between patients with a major adverse periintubation event and patients without events.Conclusions:
In this observational study of intubation practices in critically ill patients with COVID-19, major adverse peri-intubation events were observed frequently.
adult; comorbidity; conference abstract; controlled study; coronavirus disease 2019; critically ill patient; demographics; difficult airway management; endotracheal intubation; esophagus intubation; female; heart arrest; heart arrhythmia; hemodynamics; human; hypoxemia; hypoxia; major clinical study; male; neck; nonhuman; observational study; pneumomediastinum; pneumothorax; prospective study; respiration control; respiratory failure; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
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EMBASE
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Critical Care
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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