Cardiac Arrest and Mortality Related to Intubation Procedure in Critically Ill Adult Patients: A Multicenter Cohort Study

Objectives:
To determine the prevalence of and risk factors for cardiac arrest during intubation in ICU, as well as the association of ICU intubation–related cardiac arrest with 28-day mortality.
Design:
Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data.
Setting:
Sixty-four French ICUs.
Patients:
Critically ill patients requiring intubation in the ICU.
Interventions:
None.
Measurements and Main Results:
During the 1,847 intubation procedures included, 49 cardiac arrests (2.7%) occurred, including 14 without return of spontaneous circulation (28.6%) and 35 with return of spontaneous circulation (71.4%). In multivariate analysis, the main predictors of intubation-related cardiac arrest were arterial hypotension (systolic blood pressure

Source: Critical Care Medicine - March 15, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Clinical Investigations Source Type: research