ArticleEmergency medicine international2021
The Success Rate of Endotracheal Intubation in the Emergency Department of Tertiary Care Hospital in Ethiopia, One-Year Retrospective Study.
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- Major Adverse Events Associated With Emergency Endotracheal Intubation in Adult Patients: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2026Review
- First-attempt success and associated factors among emergency tracheal intubations in two addis Ababa hospitals.BMC emergency medicine · 2025Observational
- [Indications and success rate of endotracheal emergency intubation in clinical acute and emergency medicine].Die Anaesthesiologie · 2024Article
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- Emergency airway management in resource limited setting.International journal of emergency medicine · 2024Review
- Failed tracheal intubation in primary health care.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2022Article
- Tracheal Intubation in Emergency Departments in China: A National Cross-Sectional Survey.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Efficacy of metoclopramide for prevention of gastric regurgitation during endotracheal intubation in the emergency department: A randomized controlled trial.International journal of critical illness and injury scienceArticle
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Abstract
backgroundEmergency medical care starts with airway assessment and intervention management. Endotracheal intubation is the definitive airway management in the emergency department (ED) for patients requiring a definitive airway. Successful first pass is recommended as the main objective of emergency intubation. There exists no published research regarding the success rates or complications that occur within Ethiopian hospitals emergency department intubation practice.
objectiveThis study aimed to assess the success rate of emergency intubations in a tertiary hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
resultOf 15,933 patients seen in the department, 256 (1.6%) patients were intubated. Of these, 194 (74.9%) were male, 123 (47.5%) sustained trauma, 65 (25.1%) were medical cases, and 13(5%) had poisoning. The primary indications for intubation were for airway protection (160 (61.8%)), followed by respiratory failure (72(27.8%)). One hundred and twenty-nine (49.8%) had sedative-only intubation, 110 (42.5%) had rapid sequence intubation, and 16 (6.2%) had intubation without medication. The first-pass success rate in this sample was 70.3% (180/256), second-pass 21.4% (55/256), and third-pass 7.4% (19/256), while the overall success rate was 99.2% (254/256). Hypoxia was the most common complication.
conclusionThe intubation first-pass success rate was lower than existing studies, but the overall intubation success rate was satisfactory.
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