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Critical care medicine · Sep 2020
Difficult Bag-Mask Ventilation in Critically Ill Children Is Independently Associated With Adverse Events.
Bag-mask ventilation is commonly used prior to tracheal intubation; however, the epidemiology, risk factors, and clinical implications of difficult bag-mask ventilation among critically ill children are not well studied. This study aims to describe prevalence and risk factors for pediatric difficult bag-mask ventilation as well as its association with adverse tracheal intubation-associated events and oxygen desaturation in PICU patients. ⋯ Difficult bag-mask ventilation is reported in approximately one in 10 PICU patients undergoing tracheal intubation. Given its association with adverse procedure-related events and oxygen desaturation, future study is warranted to improve preprocedural planning and real-time management strategies.
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Observational Study
Successful implementation of a short message service (SMS) as intensive care to family communication tool.
Regularly informing families of the condition of their relative can be difficult. Text messaging via mobile telephones may achieve such communication effectively. ⋯ We successfully instituted real-time SMS updates. All surveyed participants agreed that these messages were reassuring, informative and easy to follow and that they would recommend the SMS service to other families.