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Intubation Difficulty in Poisoned Patients: Association with Initial Glasgow Coma Scale Score

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Author	Adnet, Frédéric Borron, Stephen W. Lapandry, Claude Baud, Frédéric J. Finot, Marie-Agnès
Copyright Year	1998
Description	Journal: Academic Emergency Medicine To determine whether the initial Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score is predictive of intubation difficulty in out-of-hospital airway management of poisoned patients. A prospective, observational study was performed in a toxicological intensive care unit of a university hospital and in a physician-based out-of-hospital care system. Subjects included consecutive poisoned patients intubated during their airway management by out-of-hospital medical teams before hospitalization. The intubating operator (emergency physician or nurse anesthetist) completed a 1-page checklist concerning the clinical parameters and circumstances (nature of sedation and difficulty) of endotracheal intubation upon hospital arrival. Forms were completed for all 394 consecutive out-of-hospital intubations. The patients ranged from 15 to 95 years of age (median age 38 years). Most (96%) of the intubations were via the oral route. Intubation difficulty was related to GCS values. Intubation difficulty was seen more often in patients with 7 < or = GCS < or = 9 (36%) than in patients with GCS < 7 (15%) or > 9 (10%). Not surprisingly, perceived intubation difficulty was least for those patients undergoing rapid-sequence intubation rather than administration of sedation alone. Maximum difficulty of intubation is encountered in poisoned patients with 7 < or = GCS < or = 9. Intubation of such patients appears to be facilitated by appropriate sedation and/or neuromuscular blockade.
Related Links	http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02596.x/pdf
Ending Page	127
Page Count	5
Starting Page	123
ISSN	10696563
e-ISSN	15532712
DOI	10.1111/j.1553-2712.1998.tb02596.x
Journal	Academic Emergency Medicine
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	5
Language	English
Publisher	Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher Date	1998-02-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Journal: Academic Emergency Medicine Critical Care Medicine Difficult Intubation Glasgow Coma Scale Sedation Protocol
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Emergency Medicine

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