Abstract Objective Many EDs have begun to evaluate their airway performance. The first‐
pass success (FPS) rate is a commonly used marker of proficiency, and has been …

Tracheal intubation in critically ill patients is a high-risk procedure. The risk of complications
increases with repeated or prolonged attempts, making expedient first attempt success the …

Background Despite the established vulnerability of children during airway management,
remarkably little is known about complications in children with difficult tracheal intubation. To …

Background. Transnasal humidified rapid-insufflation ventilatory exchange (THRIVE) was
introduced to adult anaesthesia to improve the safety of airway management during apnoea …

Objective We evaluated the accuracy of tracheal ultrasonography of a saline-inflated
endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff for confirming correct ETT insertion depth. Methods We …

Management of a pediatric airway can be a challenge, especially for the nonpediatric
anesthesiologists. Structured algorithms for an unexpected difficult pediatric airway have …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We seek to provide current, comprehensive, and physician-level data
for critical procedures performed in a high-volume pediatric emergency department (ED) …

Summary Background and Objectives Prospective safety data on emergency department
(ED) intubation in children are limited. We aimed to describe the practice and adverse …

Study objective We describe emergency department (ED) intubation practices for children
younger than 16 years through multicenter prospective surveillance. Methods Academic and …

Procedural sedation and analgesia (PSA) is a treatment approach involving treating patients
with agents with dissociative, sedative, or analgesic properties to suppress their …