Intubation is a standard procedure that involves passing a tube into a person’s airway. Doctors often perform it before surgery or in emergencies to give medication or help a person breathe. Most ...

In normal times, two or three patients a day would need to be intubated at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. These are not normal times. "On any given day, we would intubate approximately 10 ...

In comatose patients with a suspicion of acute poisoning, opting for a conservative approach by refraining from intubation has a significant clinical advantage concerning the combined outcomes of ...

Concerns about safety, competing priorities and uncooperative patients were among the barriers identified by critical care nurses for not mobilizing intubated patients receiving mechanical ventilation ...