Airway management in the paediatric difficult intubation registry: a propensity score matched analysis of outcomes over time.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Paediatric Difficult Intubation Collaborative identified multiple attempts and persistence with direct laryngoscopy as risk factors for complications in children with difficult tracheal intubations and subsequently engaged in initiatives to reduce repeated attempts and persistence with direct laryngoscopy in children. We hypothesised these efforts would lead to fewer attempts, fewer direct laryngoscopy attempts and decrease complications.

Methods

Paediatric patients less than 18 years of age with difficult direct laryngoscopy were enrolled in the Paediatric Difficult Intubation Registry. We define patients with difficult direct laryngoscopy as those in whom (1) an attending or consultant obtained a Cormack Lehane Grade 3 or 4 view on direct laryngoscopy, (2) l

SUBMITTER: Stein ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10875248 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature