An 11-year-old girl died in western France last month from rare intubation complications during a back surgery. The girl had been suffering from scoliosis, a sideways curve of the spine that can be ...
Keeping an airway open is the first rule of saving a life. Yet endotracheal intubation, sliding a tube into the trachea to restore breathing, is one of the toughest medical procedures, even for ...
In a cohort study of patients with active hemorrhage, endotracheal intubation in the emergency department (ED) was associated with higher mortality rates, more frequent ICU admissions, and a greater ...