Airway management in critically ill patients involves the identification and management of
the potentially difficult airway in order to avoid untoward complications. This focus on difficult …

Anaesthesiologists and non-anaesthesiologist sedationists have a limited set of available iv
hypnotics, further reduced by the withdrawal of thiopental in the USA and its near …

Purpose Etomidate and ketamine are hemodynamically stable induction agents often used
to sedate critically ill patients during emergency endotracheal intubation. In 2015, quality …

Aim To determine the incidence of peri-intubation cardiac arrest through analysis of a multi-
center Emergency Department (ED) airway registry and to report associated clinical …

Purpose We performed a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials to evaluate if
etomidate impacted mortality in critically ill adults when compared with other induction …

OBJECTIVES: To develop evidence-based recommendations on pharmacologic and
nonpharmacologic topics related to RSI. DESIGN: A guideline panel of 20 Society of Critical …

Background Peri-intubation major adverse events (MAEs) are potentially preventable and
associated with poor patient outcomes. Critically ill patients intubated in Emergency …

Aims and objectives The objective of the study was to compare the safety and efficacy of
etomidate and ketamine as induction agents for rapid sequence intubation (RSI) in acutely ill …

Purpose Rapid-sequence intubation (RSI) is the process of administering a sedative and
neuromuscular blocking agent (NMBA) in rapid succession to facilitate endotracheal …

Abstract Background Emergency Department (ED) airway registries are formalized methods
to collect and document airway practices and outcomes. Airway registries have become …