Prehospital Tracheal Intubation versus Emergency Department Intubation for Trauma Patients
Journal Title: The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 70, Issue 6
Abstract
<strong>Background:</strong> Patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at high risk for airway obstruction and hypoxia at the accident scene, and routine prehospital endotracheal intubation has been widely advocated. Aim of the Study: to evaluate and compare the outcome and mortality rates of trauma patients undergoing Prehospital Tracheal Intubationversus those undergoing Emergency Department Intubation. <strong>Methods:</strong> A literature search was carried out on MEDLINE (including MEDLINE in-process), CINAHL, Embase and the Cochrane Library (from 1990 to October 2017). Databases using “Prehospital Tracheal Intubation”, “Emergency Department Intubation “, “Adults’ trauma”, and “mortality” as a MeSH heading and as text word. High yield journals were also had searched. <strong>Results: </strong>Eleven studies enrolling 17317 patients were included, out of which 4545 underwent PTI while 12772 underwent EDI. Median mortality rate in patients undergoing pre-hospital intubation was 52.12% (7.8–90.16%), compared to 27.98% (6.25–41.56%) in patients undergoing intubation in the emergency department. The overall quality of evidence was very low. Six of the eleven studies found a significantly higher mortality rate after pre-hospital intubation whilst five found no significant differences. <strong>Conclusion: </strong>Study outcome suggests that EDI was superior to PHI. Nevertheless, prehospital intubation was a marker for more severely ill patients who would have had higher mortality thus, the <strong>suggestion of the association between pre-hospital intubation and a higher mortality rate does not essentially oppose the importance of the intervention, but rather a need for further</strong> investigation of the possible causes for this finding.
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Eman Helal
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