Clinical predictors of endotracheal intubation in patients presenting to the emergency department with angioedema.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The objective of this study is to identify predictors of airway compromise among patients presenting to the emergency department with angioedema in order to develop and validate a risk score to augment clinician gestalt regarding need for intubation.

Methods

Retrospective chart review of emergency department patients with a diagnosis of angioedema. After data extraction they were randomly divided into a training and test set. The training set was used to identify factors associated with intubation and to develop a model and risk score to predict intubation. The model and risk score were then applied to the test set.

Results

A total of 594 patients were included. Past medical history of hypertension, presence of shortness of breath, drooling, and anterior to

SUBMITTER: Arthur J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10015633 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature