Neuromuscular blockade improves first-attempt success for intubation in the intensive care unit: A propensity matched analysis

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 734-741

  Mosier, Jarrod M ^a   Sakles, John C ^a   Stolz, Uwe ^a   Hypes, Cameron D ^a   Chopra, Harsharon ^a   Malo, Josh ^a   Bloom, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway management; Intensive care; Intubation; Neuromuscular blockade; Rapid sequence intubation

Indexed keywords

ETOMIDATE; KETAMINE; ROCURONIUM; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VIDEOLARYNGOSCOPE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATION CONTROL; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; AIRWAY MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKADE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84929643102     PISSN: 23296933     EISSN: 23256621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201411-517OC     Document Type: Article

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