A pulmonologist is sued after responding to a call from ICU staff to prevent airway collapse in a patient who was ultimately ...

An analysis of 7.6 million trauma cases over 7 years showed that 3.7% of patients underwent emergency department (ED) endotracheal intubation (ETI), which was associated with a mortality rate of 10.2% ...

Patients with ABI require prolonged mechanical ventilation and have a substantially higher risk for VAP due to impaired airway protection and injury-related immune dysfunction. However, routine use of ...

In a US study of patients without cardiac arrest who required prehospital intubation, rapid sequence intubation (RSI), involving the use of a sedative and paralytic, was associated with increased odds ...

Hypoxemia is the most common complication of emergency endotracheal intubation of children, with an incidence of up to 50%. In this randomized trial of children under 16 years, nasal high-flow oxygen ...