Acute complications of endotracheal intubation. Relationship to reintubation, route, urgency, and duration.
Sixty-one consecutive medical intensive care unit patients who were intubated for more than three days were prospectively studied for complications. Patients who were reintubated had a higher incidence of all complications (chi square = 5.4; p less than .025), as did those with prolonged intubation (chi square = 16.1; p less than .005). Neither route nor urgency had an adverse clinical effect. In contrast there was a 13 percent incidence of acute tracheolaryngeal complications, but no association was found with reintubation, route, urgency, or total duration of endotracheal intubation.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors