SGEM Xtra: What Do All the People Know about Confirming ETT Placement?

Ensaios extraídos do podcast de Dr. Ken Milne

• 2005Effectiveness of out-of-hospital continuous end-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring on unrecognized misplaced intubationEmergency & ResuscitationIn 153 patients intubated out of hospital, continuous end-tidal CO2 monitoring eliminated unrecognized misplaced intubations compared with no capnography.
• 2003The assessment of three methods to verify tracheal tube placement in the emergency settingEmergency & ResuscitationIn 137 adults intubated in the emergency department, ETCO2 detection confirmed only 67.9% of tracheal tubes during cardiac arrest, versus 92.6% with auscultation.
• 2002Comparison of three different methods to confirm tracheal tube placement in emergency intubationEmergency & ResuscitationIn345 prehospital emergency intubations, most during cardiac arrest,capnographyconfirmedcorrect tracheal tube placementmore reliably thancapnometry or auscultation.
• 1816Dissertatio Medica Inauguralis de Synocho Castrensi (inaugural dissertation on camp fever)Infection & AntimicrobialsIn 366 sick soldiers with camp fever, bloodletting raised mortality to 29% compared with 3% under care without the lancet.