Patient characteristics associated with complications during neonatal intubations.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Complications of neonatal intubation are known to be increased with emergent intubations, increased number of attempts, unstable hemodynamics, or ventilation failure; and decreased with use of paralytic medication and videolaryngoscopy. Patient characteristics associated with complications are not well understood.

Design/methods

A retrospective cohort study was performed of neonates who underwent intubation between January 2017 and June 2019. Patient characteristics of infants with and without complications were compared. Complications included common adverse events and abnormal vital sign changes occurring during intubation.

Results

A total of 467 intubation encounters in 352 infants were included with median gestational age (GA) at birth of 29 weeks, po

SUBMITTER: Glenn T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8298275 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature