BOUGIE

Effect of Use of a Bougie vs Endotracheal Tube with Stylet on Successful Intubation on the First Attempt

Patient / Population Intervention / Exposition Vergleich Endpunkt

In 1,102 critically ill adults, a bougie did not improve first-pass intubation success compared with endotracheal tube with stylet.

N
1.102
Design
Multicentre RCT
Endpunkt
First-pass intubation success
Relevanz
3
Ergebnis80.4% vs 83.0% (Δ −2.6; 95% CI −7.3 to +2.2; p=0.27).
Driver BE, et al. JAMA. 2021;326(24):2488-2497. 10.1001/jama.2021.22002
Diskussion & Kritik

Bougie is a learnable rescue technique but not superior on first pass; choose by operator routine.