Trend and Outcomes of Video Laryngoscope Use Across PICUs.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Video (indirect) laryngoscopy is used as a primary tracheal intubation device for difficult airways in emergency departments and in adult ICUs. The use and outcomes of video laryngoscopy compared with direct laryngoscopy has not been quantified in PICUs or cardiac ICUs.

Design

Retrospective review of prospectively collected observational data from a multicenter tracheal intubation database (National Emergency Airway Registry for Children) from July 2010 to June 2015.

Setting

Thirty-six PICUs/cardiac ICUs across the United States, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and Singapore.

Patients

Any patient admitted to a PICU or a pediatric cardiac ICU and undergoing tracheal intubation.

Interventions

Use of direct laryngoscopy versus video laryngoscopy for t

SUBMITTER: Grunwell JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6317345 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature