Emergency Medicine: Open Access
Open Access

Emergency Medicine Resident, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Publications

• Research Article   
  Practice of Extubation in the Emergency Department: A Cross-Sectional Observational Study
  Author(s): Mohammed Yousuf Iqbal, Emad A Abdulkarim, Sarah Albassam and Fandi Alanazi*
  
  Background: The practice of extubation is unpopular among emergency departments (EDs) worldwide, owing to numerous factors including lack of professional training required for the procedure. In addition, data on the safety of this procedure remains unavailable. Methods: This study reviewed extubation cases in the ED of the King Fahd Hospital, Madina, with the objective of determining the safety of this procedure. Clinico-demographic details of 50 patients, who underwent extubation in the ED, over a period of 4 years, were collected manually from the hospital records and analyzed. Results: The median patient age was 30 years, and 78% patients were male. Underlying causes included blunt trauma (72%) blunt trauma and medical experience (26%). Of the 50 patients, 20 were intubated before arrival to the ED.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7548.22.12.231

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