Immediate Complications During Emergency Tracheal Intubation At Emergency Department Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital

Abstract

This retrospective descriptive study aimed to study the incidence of complications in
patients undergoing tracheal intubation in the emergency department. Collected data on patients
undergoing tracheal intubation at the emergency department of Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima
Hospital from 1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021.
Result: A total of 192 patients underwent tracheal intubation at the emergency department
of Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima Hospital. The most used method was intubation with sedative
drugs alone in 171 patients (89.06%), followed by awake intubation in 16 patients (8.33%), and
rapid-sequence intubation in 5 patients (2.6%). We found 35 patients with complications after
intubation (18 .2 2%). The most common complication was hypotension in 24 patients (12 .5%),
followed by cardiac arrest in 5 patients (2.6%), and airway trauma in 4 patients (2.1%). The mean
age of patients with complications was 65.57 ± 16.50 years old (mean ± SD). The majority were
male: 25 patients (71.43%). The average BMI was 21.25 ± 4.51 (mean ± SD).