A tale of two cities: prehospital intubation with or without paralysing agents for traumatic brain injury.

Cino BendinelliDominic KuShane NebauerKate L KingTeresa HowardRussel GruenTiffany EvansMark FitzgeraldZsolt Janos Balogh

Published in: ANZ journal of surgery (2018)

Paramedics using RSI to obtain PETI in patients with traumatic brain injury had a higher success rate. This increase in successful PETI rate was not associated with an improvement in either mortality rate or ICU length of stay.

Keyphrases

traumatic brain injury
cardiac arrest
cardiovascular events
risk factors
type diabetes
mechanical ventilation
acute respiratory distress syndrome