Adverse Tracheal Intubation Events in Critically Ill Underweight and Obese Children: Retrospective Study of the National Emergency Airway for Children Registry (2013-2020).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Extremes of patient body mass index are associated with difficult intubation and increased morbidity in adults. We aimed to determine the association between being underweight or obese with adverse airway outcomes, including adverse tracheal intubation (TI)-associated events (TIAEs) and/or severe peri-intubation hypoxemia (pulse oximetry oxygen saturation < 80%) in critically ill children.

Design/setting

Retrospective cohort using the National Emergency Airway for Children registry dataset of 2013-2020.

Patients

Critically ill children, 0 to 17 years old, undergoing TI in PICUs.

Interventions

None.

Measurements and main results

Registry data from 24,342 patients who underwent TI between 2013 and 2020 were analyzed. Patients were categorized us

SUBMITTER: Gladen KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10841296 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature