Bolus (digestion)

Airway

Surgery

Intensive care medicine

Tracheal intubation

Intubation

Critically ill

Anesthesia

Medicine

JAMA

Hypotension is common during tracheal intubation of critically ill adults and increases the risk of cardiac arrest and death. Whether administering an intravenous fluid bolus to critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation prevents severe hypotension, cardiac arrest, or death remains uncertain.

Effect of Fluid Bolus Administration on Cardiovascular Collapse Among Critically Ill Patients Undergoing Tracheal Intubation