Failed/difficult Intubation comparing between pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19 pandemic period using a national insurance claims database and information system of a university hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Endotracheal intubation can be difficult or even fail under certain patient and anaesthesiologist conditions. During the COVID-19 pandemic a country-wide lockdown policy was enforced in Thailand which stipulated that anaesthesiologists wear personal protective equipment, powered air purifying respirator, or goggles and surgical/N95 mask during the intubation procedure. Thus, an anaesthesiologist's vision is restricted and grip on the equipment less sure. Under these conditions, the incidence of difficult intubation was expected to increase.

Methods

This time-series study was based on the aggregated age- and sex-standardized monthly incidence of difficult intubation among all intubated patients whose data were recorded in the national insurance claims database an

SUBMITTER: Prathep S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11622675 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature