ArticleScandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine2021
Apnoeic oxygenation for emergency anaesthesia of pre-hospital trauma patients.
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- Effectiveness of Apneic Oxygenation During Induction of General Anesthesia in Children Undergoing Adenotonsillectomy: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study.Anesthesiology and pain medicine · 2026Article
- Indications, techniques, success rates and complications of emergency airway management in Thuringian emergency departments: a prospective registry analysis.World journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Prehospital management of the airway in trauma.BJA education · 2025Review
- The process of rapid sequence intubation in the prehospital setting: A scoping review.The Southern African journal of critical care : the official journal of the Critical Care Society · 2025Review
- Cardiorespiratory consequences of attenuated fentanyl and augmented rocuronium dosing during protocolised prehospital emergency anaesthesia at a regional air ambulance service: a retrospective study.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2024Article
- The Use of Prehospital Intensive Care Units in Emergencies-A Scoping Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Rapid sequence induction: where did the consensus go?Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2021Review
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundEfficient and timely airway management is universally recognised as a priority for major trauma patients, a proportion of whom require emergency intubation in the pre-hospital setting. Adverse events occur more commonly in emergency airway management, and hypoxia is relatively frequent. The aim of this study was to establish whether passive apnoeic oxygenation was effective in reducing the incidence of desaturation during pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia.
methodsA prospective before-after study was performed to compare patients receiving standard care and those receiving additional oxygen via nasal prongs. The primary endpoint was median oxygen saturation in the peri-rapid sequence induction period, (2 minutes pre-intubation to 2 minutes post-intubation) for all patients. Secondary endpoints included the incidence of hypoxia in predetermined subgroups.
resultsOf 725 patients included; 188 patients received standard treatment and 537 received the intervention. The overall incidence of hypoxia (first recorded SpO
conclusionApnoeic oxygenation did not influence peri-intubation oxygen saturations, but it did reduce the frequency and duration of hypoxia in the post-intubation period. Given that apnoeic oxygenation is a simple low-cost intervention with a low complication rate, and that hypoxia can be detrimental to outcome, application of nasal cannulas during the drug-induced phase of emergency intubation may benefit a subset of patients undergoing emergency anaesthesia.
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