For the first time, unrecognized esophageal intubation is the subject of a new guideline aimed at reducing the incidence of mistaken intubation and associated morbidity and mortality.

Use of hyperangulated video laryngoscopy reduced the number of attempts needed to achieve endotracheal intubation compared with direct laryngoscopy among adults undergoing elective or emergent ...

Use of video rather than direct laryngoscope led to better rates of successful tracheal intubation on the first attempt for critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) or emergency ...

Preoxygenation with a bag-valve-mask device does not reduce the risk for hypoxemia compared with preoxygenation with a facemask, a secondary analysis of two trials shows.

Learn about intubation, including how the procedure works, when it's used, and what the possible benefits and risks are.

Intubation is a common procedure doctors use during surgery or in a medical emergency to help a person breathe. In this article, learn about the types, side effects, and recovery.

Intubation can be lifesaving, but it does come with the potential to cause side effects. A sore throat is one of the most common.

Primary outcomes were mortality, all-cause hospital admissions, need for intubation, and QOL at the longest follow-up. BPAP and HMV use were compared in a meta-analysis with no device use in ...

Intubation boxes are supposed to prevent the spread of aerosolized coronavirus particles during intubation. But they haven't been properly tested.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Prophylactic endotracheal intubation prior to endoscopy was not beneficial for patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding and was instead tied to adverse risks ...