Articles: intubation.
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Ventilation control is important during resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). We compared different methods for calculating ventilation rates (VR) during OHCA. ⋯ Quantifications of hypo- and hyperventilation vary with the applied measurement methods. Measurement methods are important when characterizing ventilation rates in OHCA.
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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Mar 2023
Observational StudyThe effect of ketamine and fentanyl on haemodynamics during intubation in prehospital and retrieval medicine.
Ketamine use for rapid sequence intubation (RSI) is frequent in pre-hospital and retrieval medicine (PHARM) and is associated with potentially deleterious haemodynamic changes, which may be ameliorated by concurrent use of fentanyl. ⋯ The addition of fentanyl to ketamine for RSI was not associated with an alteration of the odds of post-induction haemodynamic stability, although the doses used were low. These findings justify further study into the optimal dosing of fentanyl during RSI in pre-hospital and retrieval medicine.
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Pediatric emergency care · Mar 2023
Observational StudyA Prospective Observational Crossover Study Comparing Intubation by Pediatric Residents Using Video Laryngoscopy and Direct Laryngoscopy on a Pierre Robin Simulation Manikin.
Video laryngoscopy (VL) has been proposed to increase the likelihood of successful intubation in patients with predicted difficult airways such as those with Pierre Robin sequence (PRS). Prior studies have focused on the performance of anesthesiologists, who are generally considered airway experts. Our primary aim was to investigate the success rate of intubation using VL compared with direct laryngoscopy (DL) when attempted by pediatric residents on a PRS model. ⋯ Contrary to expectation, the intubation success rate was lower using VL than with DL among pediatric residents. This should be considered when designing residency training and in real-life resuscitation.
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Patients frequently experience hypotension in the peri-intubation period. This can be due to the underlying disease process, physiologic response to the intervention, or adverse effect from medications. With the heterogeneity in cause for hypotension, the duration can also be short or prolonged. Initiation of vasopressors for peri-intubation hypotension includes various strategies using continuous infusion norepinephrine (NE) or push-dose phenylephrine (PDPE) to obtain goal mean arterial pressure. There is a paucity of data describing cardiovascular stability outcomes in patients receiving vasopressors for peri-intubation hypotension. ⋯ Cardiovascular instability following vasopressor initiation for peri-intubation hypotension was no different depending on the selected vasopressor strategy. This held true in patients with a sepsis or septic shock diagnosis. Selection of vasopressors should continue to include patient specific factors and product availability.