More than 1.5 million critically ill adults undergo tracheal intubation in a setting other than an operating room each year in the United States. 1,2 Failure to intubate the trachea on the first ...

For critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation, the nearly simultaneous administration of a sedative and a neuromuscular blocking agent (rapid-sequence induction) facilitates intubation ...

Source Reference: Prekker ME, et al "Video versus direct laryngoscopy for tracheal intubation of critically ill adults" N Engl J Med 2023; DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2301601. Secondary Source.

Some patients who underwent emergency tracheal intubation remembered feeling paralysis, and having this experience was based on their consciousness level before the procedure, according to results ...

Novices have greater success with tracheal intubation using an optical laryngoscope compared with a rigid laryngoscope, according to a study published in the Feb. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Tracheal intubation is the gold standard for securing a patient's airway during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). During ventilation, intubation reduces the risk of gastric distension and the ...

Tracheal intubation should not exceed 30 seconds (Resuscitation Council (UK), 2000). Chest compressions can continue during the procedure, but must be stopped briefly if it becomes difficult to see ...

Video laryngoscopy showed a higher first-attempt success rate than direct laryngoscopy for emergency tracheal intubation in critically ill patients under hospital settings, found a new trial.

Is a supraglottic airway device superior to tracheal intubation as the initial advanced airway management strategy in adults with nontraumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?

Fewer ICU/ED patients experienced hypoxemia during intubation with receipt of preoxygenation with noninvasive ventilation vs. an oxygen mask, according to research published in the New England ...