Factors associated with successful rescue intubation attempts in the emergency department: an analysis of multicenter prospective observational study in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

It remains unclear whether physicians should change intubation approaches after the failed first attempt. We aimed to determine the rescue intervention approaches associated with a higher success rate at the second attempt in the emergency department (ED).

Methods

We analyzed the data from a prospective, multicenter, observational study - the second Japanese Emergency Airway Network Study. The current analysis included all patients who underwent emergency intubation from February 2012 through November 2017. We defined a rescue intubation attempt as a second intubation attempt with any change in intubation approaches (i.e., change in methods, devices, or intubators) from the failed first attempt. The outcome measure was second-attempt success.

Results

Of 2,710 pati

SUBMITTER: Goto Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6971440 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature