Evaluating Airway Management in Patients With Trisomy 21 in the PICU and Cardiac ICU: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Children with trisomy 21 often have anatomic and physiologic features that may complicate tracheal intubation (TI). TI in critically ill children with trisomy 21 is not well described. We hypothesize that in children with trisomy 21, TI is associated with greater odds of adverse airway outcomes (AAOs), including TI-associated events (TIAEs), and peri-intubation hypoxemia (defined as > 20% decrease in pulse oximetry saturation [Sp o2 ]).

Design

Retrospective database study using the National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS).

Setting

Registry data from 16 North American PICUs and cardiac ICUs (CICUs), from January 2014 to December 2020.

Patients

A cohort of children under 18 years old who underwent TI in the PICU or CICU from in a NEA

SUBMITTER: Wilsterman EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10994735 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature