Success rate of prehospital emergency front-of-neck access (FONA): a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Front-of-neck access (FONA) is an emergency procedure used as a last resort to achieve a patent airway in the prehospital environment. In this systematic review with meta-analysis, we aimed to evaluate the number and success rate of FONA procedures in the prehospital setting, including changes since 2017, when a surgical technique was outlined as the first-line prehospital method.

Methods

A systematic literature search (PROSPERO CRD42022348975) was performed from inception of databases to July 2022 to identify studies in patients of any age undergoing prehospital FONA, followed by data extraction. Meta-analysis was used to derive pooled success rates. Methodological quality of included studies was interpreted using the Cochrane risk of bias tool, and rated using t

SUBMITTER: Morton S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10170392 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature