Variation in Intensive Care Unit Intubation Practices in Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Fellowship.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Endotracheal intubation in the intensive care unit (ICU) is a high-risk procedure. Competence in endotracheal intubation is a requirement for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine (PCCM) training programs, but fellow experience as the primary operator in intubating ICU patients has not been described on a large scale.

Objective

We hypothesized that significant variation surrounding endotracheal intubation practices in medical ICUs exists in United States (US) PCCM training programs.

Methods

We administered a survey to a convenience sample of US PCCM fellows to elicit typical intubation practices in the medical ICU.

Results

89 discrete US PCCM and Internal Medicine CCM training programs (77% response rate) were represented. At 43% of programs, the PCCM

SUBMITTER: Brady AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7959255 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature