Importance Tracheal intubation is one of the most commonly performed and high-risk
interventions in critically ill patients. Limited information is available on adverse peri …

Rationale: Cardiovascular instability/collapse is a common peri-intubation event in patients
who are critically ill. Objectives: To identify potentially modifiable variables associated with …

Importance For critically ill adults undergoing emergency tracheal intubation, failure to
intubate the trachea on the first attempt occurs in up to 20% of cases and is associated with …

Abstract The Airway Management section of the Spanish Society of Anesthesiology,
Resuscitation, and Pain Therapy (SEDAR), the Spanish Society of Emergency Medicine …

Abstract Purpose of Review This paper will evaluate the recent literature and best practices
in airway management in critically ill patients. Recent Findings Cardiac arrest remains a …

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

Rationale: Invasive ventilation is a significant event for patients with respiratory failure.
Physiologic thresholds standardize the use of invasive ventilation in clinical trials, but it is …

Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBA) are a controversial therapeutic option in the
approach to the critically ill patient. They are not innocuous, and the available evidence …

Background Lower intubation first-pass success (FPS) rate is associated with physiological
deterioration, and FPS is widely used as a quality indicator of the airway management of a …

Intubation for mechanical ventilation (MV) is one of the most common high-risk procedures
performed in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Early prediction of intubation may have a positive …