The Association Between Endotracheal Tube Size and Aspiration (During Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing) in Acute Respiratory Failure Survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine whether a modifiable risk factor, endotracheal tube size, is associated with the diagnosis of postextubation aspiration in survivors of acute respiratory failure.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

ICUs at four academic tertiary care medical centers.

Patients

Two hundred ten patients who were at least 18 years old, admitted to an ICU, and mechanically ventilated with an endotracheal tube for longer than 48 hours were enrolled.

Interventions

Within 72 hours of extubation, all patients received a flexible endoscopic evaluation of swallowing examination that entailed administration of ice, thin liquid, thick liquid, puree, and cracker boluses. Patient demographics, treatment variables, and hospital outcomes were abstracted from

SUBMITTER: Krisciunas GP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7644217 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature