Mechanical ventilation

Intensive care medicine

Engineering

Critically ill

Interquartile range

Ventilation (architecture)

Surgery

Anesthesia

Laryngoscopy

Hypoxemia

Mechanical engineering

Intubation

Complication

Medicine

Tracheal intubation

Intensive care

New England Journal of Medicine

Hypoxemia is the most common complication during tracheal intubation of critically ill adults and may increase the risk of cardiac arrest and death. Whether positive-pressure ventilation with a bag-mask device (bag-mask ventilation) during tracheal intubation of critically ill adults prevents hypoxemia without increasing the risk of aspiration remains controversial.

Bag-Mask Ventilation during Tracheal Intubation of Critically Ill Adults