INTUBATION OF CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS

Citation
Sa. Blosser et Jl. Stauffer, INTUBATION OF CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS, Clinics in chest medicine, 17(3), 1996, pp. 355
Citations number
185
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
ISSN journal
02725231
Volume
17
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-5231(1996)17:3<355:IOCIP>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Intubation of the airway is the first and foremost step in care of the critically ill patient requiring mechanical ventilation. During the l ast decade, options for airway management, particularly in the patient with a difficult airway, have expanded substantially. New devices, te chniques, and pharmacologic agents to facilitate intubation have emerg ed. Our understanding of the complications and limitations of translar yngeal intubation and tracheotomy has also evolved. The purpose of thi s article is to incorporate this new information into a bas of current and practical knowledge of intubation of the critically ill adult pat ient.