Difficult airway code activation for emergency endotracheal intubation outside the operating room in a tertiary care university hospital of Thailand: A single-center retrospective observational study.

ABSTRACT: Emergency airway management outside the operating room (OR) is a higher risk procedure as compared to the OR setting. Inappropriate airway management leading to complications, including pulmonary aspiration, dental trauma, esophageal intubation, prolonged recovery, unplanned intensive care unit admission and death. The emergency difficult airway management team of Siriraj hospital has been established since 2018 under the name of Code-D delta. The aim of this study is to determine the rate of Code D-delta activation, the performance of the code, the complications and outcome of the patients. This is a single-centered, observational, and retrospective study included all adult patient who was emergency intubated outside the OR between July and November 2020. The criteria for code D-delta act

SUBMITTER: Buasuk T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10615514 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature