Endotracheal Tube Size in Critically Ill Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Many patients who survive critical illness are left with laryngeal functional impairment from endotracheal intubation that permanently limits their recovery and quality of life. Although the risk for laryngeal injury increases with larger endotracheal tube sizes, there are no data delineating the association of smaller endotracheal tube sizes with survival or acute recovery from critical illness.

Objective

To determine if smaller endotracheal tubes are noninferior to larger endotracheal tubes with respect to critical illness outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This propensity score-matched retrospective cohort study included all adult patients who underwent endotracheal intubation in the emergency department or intensive care unit and received mecha

SUBMITTER: Esianor BI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9335245 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature