ReviewThe Journal of emergency medicine2020
High-Risk Airway Management in the Emergency Department. Part I: Diseases and Approaches.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparison of the Effect of Left Head Rotation versus the Direct Epiglottis Lifting Technique on Glottic View during C-MAC Videolaryngoscopy in Patients with Difficult Airway.Annals of African medicine · 2026Trial
- Impact of Difficult Laryngoscopy on First-Pass Success and Adverse Events in Pediatric Emergency Department Intubations.Paediatric anaesthesia · 2026Observational
- Personalizing Peri-Intubation Oxygenation in Patients at Risk of Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure: A Phenotype-Driven Narrative Review of High-Flow Nasal Oxygen and Non-Invasive Ventilation.Journal of personalized medicine · 2026Review
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- Letter to the Editor: Insight into emergency endotracheal intubation in critically ill and strategies beyond equipment.World journal of critical care medicine · 2026Article
- Evaluating Ketamine Dosing Practices During Emergency Department Intubation Using Shock Index Stratification.Cureus · 2026Article
- Preoxygenation When Standard Approaches Fail: Phenotype-Based Strategies for High-Risk Emergent Intubations.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
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- Interventions to Reduce Risk in the Physiologically Difficult Pediatric Airway: A Descriptive Study and Exploratory Analysis.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2025Article
- National Survey of Airway Management Practices and Training Among Emergency Medicine Residency Programs in the United States.The Permanente journal · 2025Article
- Management of Asthma and COPD Exacerbations in Adults in the ICU.CHEST critical care · 2025Article
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- Management of high-risk pulmonary embolism in the emergency department: A narrative review.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2024Review
- Diagnosis and Management of Acute Respiratory Failure.Critical care clinics · 2024Review
- Approach to the Physiologically Challenging Endotracheal Intubation in the Intensive Care Unit.Respiratory care · 2023Review
- Outcomes and Prognostic Factors of Pulmonary Hypertension Patients Undergoing Emergent Endotracheal Intubation.Journal of intensive care medicine · 2023Article
- Predictive value of difficult airway identifiers for intubation-related complications in the emergency department.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2021Article
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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundSuccessful airway management is critical to the practice of emergency medicine. Emergency physicians must be ready to optimize and prepare for airway management in critically ill patients with a wide range of physiologic challenges. Challenges in airway management commonly encountered in the emergency department are discussed using a pearl and pitfall discussion in this first part of a 2-part series.
objectiveThis narrative review presents an evidence-based approach to airway and patient management during endotracheal intubation in challenging cases that are commonly encountered in the emergency department. DISCUSSION: Adverse events during emergent airway management are common, with postintubation cardiac arrest reported in as many as 1 in 25 intubations. Many of these adverse events can be avoided with the proper identification and understanding of the underlying physiology, preparation, and postintubation management. Patients with high-risk features including severe metabolic acidosis; shock and hypotension; obstructive lung disease; pulmonary hypertension, right ventricle failure, and pulmonary embolism; and severe hypoxemia must be managed with airway expertise.
conclusionsThis narrative review discusses the pearls and pitfalls of commonly encountered physiologic high-risk intubations with a focus on the emergency clinician.
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