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Intubation in acute alcohol intoxications at the emergency department.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Guidelines recommend endotracheal intubation in trauma patients with a Glasgow coma scale (GCS)

SUBMITTER: Sauter TC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7011261 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Intubation in acute alcohol intoxications at the emergency department.

Sauter Thomas C TC   Rönz Katharina K   Hirschi Trevor T   Lehmann Beat B   Hütt Christopher C   Exadaktylos Aristomenis K AK   Müller Martin M  

Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine 20200210 1


<h4>Background</h4>Guidelines recommend endotracheal intubation in trauma patients with a Glasgow coma scale (GCS) < 9 because of the loss of airway reflexes and consequential risk of airway obstruction. However, in patients with acute alcohol intoxication guidelines are not clear. Thus, we aimed to determine the proportional incidence of intubation in alcohol intoxication and compare the clinical characteristics of intubated and non-intubated patients, as well as reasons for intubation in all p  ...[more]

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