Medical Xpress

When COVID patients are intubated in ICU, the trauma lingers long after the emergency

The current wave of COVID cases is leading to more hospital and intensive care (ICU) admissions. Frontline health workers and experts use the term "intubation" for the extra breathing support some ...
MassDevice

Spiro Robotics earns FDA clearance for image-guided system for tracheal intubation

FDA clearance authorizes Spiro Robotics' Spiro-VISTA to be used as an aid in placing an endotracheal tube during intubation.
STAT

Intubation boxes: an extra layer of safety or a false sense of security?

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, is so infectious that protecting health care workers from it as they treat patients is an important issue in the fight against this pandemic. Reliable ...
Medical Xpress

One in three older patients die following emergency department intubation

Intubation in the emergency department is common and can prevent a patient from dying from a reversible condition. While the benefits of such intubation for young and otherwise healthy patients are ...
Medscape

Intubation in ED Linked to Higher Mortality in Patients With Active Hemorrhage

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 ...
Prevention

What Is Intubation, Exactly? Why Ventilators Are Necessary for Some COVID-19 Patients

Intubation is a word that’s been mentioned a lot lately when it comes to discussing patients who are seriously ill with COVID-19. But the procedure isn’t specific to the novel coronavirus; it’s been ...
Healio

Q&A: Understanding how intubation sedatives impact patient outcomes, risk for PTSD

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A multicenter, randomized trial is planned to assess ketamine vs. etomidate in patients requiring intubation.
News Medical

Nurses' perceptions of barriers to mobilizing intubated patients receiving mechanical ventilation

Concerns about safety, competing priorities and uncooperative patients were among the barriers identified by critical care nurses for not mobilizing intubated patients receiving mechanical ventilation ...
Medscape

Factors That Influence Cecal Intubation Rate During Colonoscopy in Deeply Sedated Patients

Background and Aim: The technical performance of colonoscopy performed in deeply sedated patients differs from that performed without sedation or under minimal to moderate sedation. The aim of this ...
Los Angeles Times

For two COVID-19 patients, life and death rests on ‘el tubo’

Gilbert Torres sat in his hospital bed, sheets wrapped around his legs, clutching his phone with trembling hands. Three weeks before, he was working his shift at a truck wash on South Alameda Street, ...
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One in 3 older patients die following emergency department intubation

Intubation in the emergency department is common and can prevent a patient from dying from a reversible condition. While the benefits of such intubation for young and otherwise healthy patients are ...