Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Jan 2019
Multicenter StudyTracheal Intubation Practice and Safety Across International PICUs: A Report From National Emergency Airway Registry for Children.
It is unknown if variation in tracheal intubation practice and outcomes exist across PICUs in different geographical regions. We hypothesized there would be differences in the process of care and adverse outcomes for tracheal intubation across PICUs in six different geographical regions (New Zealand, Japan, Singapore, Germany, India, and North America). ⋯ There were both similarities and differences in tracheal intubation practice and outcomes across international PICUs. Fewer adverse tracheal intubation-associated events were reported from International versus North American PICUs. International PICUs used cuffed endotracheal tube less often and had higher proportion of endotracheal tube change.