What is the incidence and what are the risk factors for intubation-related cardiac arrest in critically ill adult patients?
Identifying and modifying risk factors for intubation-related cardiac arrest may decrease its prevalence and 28-day ICU mortality.
ICU intubation-related cardiac arrest occurs in one of 40 procedures with high immediate and 28-day mortality. We identified five independent risk factors for cardiac arrest, three of which are modifiable, possibly to decrease intubation-related cardiac arrest prevalence and 28-day ICU mortality.
Jong et al. (Wed,) studied this question.