Associations of obesity with tracheal intubation success on first attempt and adverse events in the emergency department: An analysis of the multicenter prospective observational study in Japan

Hiromasa Yakushiji, Tadahiro Goto, Wataru Shirasaka, Yusuke Hagiwara, Hiroko Watase, Hiroshi Okamoto, Kohei Hasegawa and on behalf of the Japanese Emergency Medicine Network Investigators

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-11

Abstract: Obesity is deemed to increase the risk of difficult tracheal intubation. However, there is a dearth of research that examines the relationship of obesity with intubation success and adverse events in the emergency department (ED). We analyzed the data from a prospective, observational, multicenter study—the Japanese Emergency Airway Network (JEAN) 2 study from 2012 through 2016. We included all adults (aged ≥18 years) who underwent tracheal intubation in the ED. Patients were categorized into three groups according to their body mass index (BMI): lean (

Date: 2018
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