Sex-Specific Intubation Biomechanics: Intubation Forces Are Greater in Male Than in Female Patients, Independent of Body Weight.

ABSTRACT: Background Studies of head, neck, and cervical spine morphology and tissue material properties indicate that cervical spine biomechanics differ between adult males and females. These differences result in sex-specific cervical spine kinematics and injury patterns in response to standardized loading conditions. Because direct laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation require the application of a load to the cervical spine, intubation biomechanics should be sex-specific. The aim of this study was to determine if intubation forces during direct laryngoscopy differ between male and female patients and, if so, is the difference independent of body weight. Methods We pooled original data from three previously published adult clinical intubation studies that used methodologically reliable intubati

SUBMITTER: Hindman BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7377029 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature