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A Novel Rescue Technique for Difficult Intubation and Difficult Ventilation
Published on: January 17, 2011
[Airway management in ICU patients with mechanical ventilation]
E Esteller More1, J Ibáñez Nolla, C Orus Dotu
1Servicio de ORL, Hospital General de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallés, Barcelona.
Abstract:
A prospective protocol for the management of the airway was applied to patients in the ICU. Acute complications due to intubation and tracheotomy as well as laryngo-tracheal lesions were studied in 125 consecutive patients during one year from the moment of extubation. Thirty four cases (27%) needed reintubation, and 58 tracheotomies were performed (46%). The average length of intubation was of 10 +/- 7 days. Sixty five patients (53%) had acute complications due to intubation and 30 (52%) had acute complications due to the traccotomy. The high incidence of laryngo-tracheal lesions in the 85 patients who underwent early exploration (76 cases [90%]) was reduced in those who underwent late exploration (11 cases [20%]). Analysis of possible prognostic factors in the development of late lesions allows us to affirm that a reduction in the length of intubation diminishes the presence of late lesions. We recommend the avoidance of oro-tracheal intubation prolonged for more than 10 days by the early carrying out of tracheotomy.
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