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Airways and Intubation, What is intubation? Endotracheal intubation is the placement of a tube into the trachea to maintain a patent airway in those who are unconscious...
Lack of equipment for endotracheal intubation. Technical failure of intubation. Severe trismus/clenched teeth. Masseter spasm after succinylcholine.
Comparison of tracheostomy and endotracheal intubation [ 2 ] Prolonged ventilatory stay is the most common indication for tracheostomy in critically ill patients.
Hyperventilation is not itself an indication for intubation. Endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation can be associated with rapid worsening of clinical salicylate toxic...
If there is blood or if there are lumps of meconium in the oropharynx, suction should be used in the upper airways. Endotracheal intubation at birth in otherwise healthy, term meconium-sta...
In one study, 61% of patients only required positioning. 59% of patients who failed to respond to positioning required a nasopharyngeal airway and 12% required short-term endotracheal intubation...
A large RCT showed that neither type of non-invasive ventilation reduced mortality or the rate of endotracheal intubation when compared with standard therapy, including nitrates and opiates. ...
Any condition producing loss of consciousness prior to anaesthesia (eg, seizures). Endotracheal intubation. Protracted vomiting. Nasogastric tubes. Obesity (difficult intubations,...
Iatrogenic causes including: Endotracheal intubation . Bronchoscopy . Cardiothoracic surgery (most cases of mediastinitis in the developed world follow cardiothoracic surgery).
Management of acute inhalation injury: Early management may require endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation. Transfer to a burn centre. Stridor is an indication for imme...
Treatment is supportive, based on the ABCs of adult life support [ 6 ] : General [ 2 , 7 ] Resuscitation with high-flow oxygen; most patients will require endotracheal intubation...
If necessary, perform emergency endotracheal intubation, cricothyroidotomy or tracheostomy with mechanical ventilation. Be prepared to suction any aspirated vomit or blood through the endotr...
Recent endotracheal intubation. History of smoking. Weight loss. Professional voice user (professional singer, actor/actress, teacher).
Respiratory distress may require gastric decompression and sometimes endotracheal intubation. Fluid loss must be corrected intravenously. The baby should be placed under a radiant heater to m...
This usually includes endotracheal intubation, providing supplemental oxygen and fluid resuscitation. AVPU scale This is also a scale used to measure a patient's ...
Infants with CDH require intensive cardiopulmonary support after birth, including immediate endotracheal intubation and “gentle" mechanical ventilation, as well as careful fluid and inot...
Naloxone should only be considered in the event of severe hypoventilation or bradypnoea with coma and then only in dilute form (1:10). Endotracheal intubation may be necessary prior to nal...
Consider endotracheal intubation (Glasgow Coma Scale less than 8). Sedation and muscle relaxation may be needed if agitated or resisting mechanical ventilation but these will have to be re...
For patients with severe heart failure, blood gases should be checked regularly, and continuous positive airway pressure or endotracheal intubation with ventilatory support may be required. ...
IRDS treatment and management Surfactant replacement therapy [ 9 ] This is given via an endotracheal tube: Prophylactic intratracheal administration of protein-free synthetic su...