Intubation in acute alcohol intoxications at the emergency department.

Thomas Christian SauterKatharina RönzTrevor HirschiBeat LehmannChristopher HüttAristomenis K ExadaktylosMartin Müller

Published in: Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine (2020)

Intubation in alcohol-intoxicated patients is rare and, among intoxicated patients with GCS < 9, more than two thirds were not intubated in our study - without severe complications. Trauma in general, independent of the history of a traumatic brain injury, and a missing history of chronic alcohol abuse are associated with intubation, but not with blood alcohol concentration. Special caution is required for intoxicated patients with trauma or other additional intoxications or diseases.

Keyphrases

emergency department
traumatic brain injury
cardiac arrest
alcohol consumption
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
drug induced
liver failure
peritoneal dialysis
early onset
mechanical ventilation