Emergency Airway Management in Patients with COVID-19: A Prospective International Multicenter Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tracheal intubation for patients with COVID-19 is required for invasive mechanical ventilation. The authors sought to describe practice for emergency intubation, estimate success rates and complications, and determine variation in practice and outcomes between high-income and low- and middle-income countries. The authors hypothesized that successful emergency airway management in patients with COVID-19 is associated with geographical and procedural factors.

Methods

The authors performed a prospective observational cohort study between March 23, 2020, and October 24, 2020, which included 4,476 episodes of emergency tracheal intubation performed by 1,722 clinicians from 607 institutions across 32 countries in patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 requiring m

SUBMITTER: Wong DJN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8274456 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature