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In critically ill patients undergoing intubation, does the use of a pre-intubation checklist compared to no checklist prevent oxygen desaturation or systolic hypotension?
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In critically ill patients undergoing intubation, does the use of a pre-intubation checklist compared to no checklist prevent oxygen desaturation or systolic hypotension?
Continue reading »In critically ill patients who are at high risk for re-intubation, is high flow nasal oxygen non-inferior to non-invasive ventilation in reducing re-intubation and post-extubation respiratory failure?
Continue reading »In intensive care patients requiring orotracheal intubation, does video laryngoscopy (VL) compared to the Macintosh direct laryngoscope (DL) increase the frequency of first pass intubation?
Continue reading »In patients with cervical immobilisation, does the Mcgrath® videolaryngoscope compared to the Macintosh laryngoscope provide a better view of the larynx?
Continue reading »In patients having elective surgery and with a simulated difficult airway (using a cervical collar), does the choice of videolaryngoscope affect the first attempt intubation success rate?
Continue reading »In Intensive Care patients undergoing intubation does apneic oxygenation during laryngoscopy increase the lowest arterial oxygen saturation experienced by patients
Continue reading »In pre-hospital trauma patients undergoing rapid sequence intubation (RSI), does fentanyl-ketamine-rocuronium induction compared to etomidate-suxamethonium induction affect intubation success or haemodynamic responses to laryngoscopy?
Continue reading »Does High-flow therapy by nasal cannula (HFNC) improve the efficiency of preoxygenation before intubation compared with a high fraction-inspired oxygen facial mask (HFFM)
Continue reading »In patients who require emergency intubation and are not tolerating pre-oxygenation, does the use of ‘delayed sequence intubation’ (DSI) improve pre-intubation oxygen saturations (SpO2)?
Continue reading »Does the application of cricoid pressure during induction of anaesthesia control the regurgitation and pulmonary aspiration of gastric or oesophageal contents?
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