Croatian national audit on videolaryngoscopes and alternative intubation devices in the era of COVID-19 pandemic

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Abstract

Introduction

Videolaryngoscopy (VL) is the recommended strategy for airway management in COVID-19 patients and guidelines recommends that all anesthesiologists should be trained to use and have immediate access to the device. However, the availability of VL in hospitals and its use may vary, as well as the choice of the device and necessary training. Our primary aim was to investigate data on availability of VL in Croatia, its use, the choice of the device and its implementation, with special consideration of COVID-19 management.

Materials and methods

An electronic survey was sent to all Croatian hospitals that have anesthesiology service available. The survey was designed to examine data on availability and use of VL with special consideration of COVID-19 wards. The survey was conducted between 1.03.2021 and 30.08.2021.

Results

Response rate was 83%. VL was available in 86% of hospitals and the best supplied areas were intensive care units, general surgery and gynecology/obstetrics. The most common VL devices were Bonfils, C-MAC and C-MAC D-blade. The choice of VL was mainly based on centralized hospital procurement and informal introduction was found to be the most frequent training method. The VL was mainly used in Croatian hospitals in cases of difficult airway or as a backup method after failed intubation. Only 16% of hospitals reported regular use in everyday practice. Even though, VL was available in 64% of COVID-19 wards, only 21% of hospitals reported routine use.

Conclusion

Although VL is available in the majority of Croatian hospitals, its use is still mainly restricted to difficult airway scenarios. Use of VL in COVID-19 management is also low and education on the method is still mainly informal. Based upon our results better implementation in practice should be targeted, as well as formal skill trainings especially regarding COVID-19 care.

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Randy Wax, Michael D Christian (2020)

A global health emergency has been declared by the World Health Organization as the 2019-nCoV outbreak spreads across the world, with confirmed patients in Canada. Patients infected with 2019-nCoV are at risk for developing respiratory failure and requiring admission to critical care units. While providing optimal treatment for these patients, careful execution of infection control measures is necessary to prevent nosocomial transmission to other patients and to healthcare workers providing care. Although the exact mechanisms of transmission are currently unclear, human-to-human transmission can occur, and the risk of airborne spread during aerosol-generating medical procedures remains a concern in specific circumstances. This paper summarizes important considerations regarding patient screening, environmental controls, personal protective equipment, resuscitation measures (including intubation), and critical care unit operations planning as we prepare for the possibility of new imported cases or local outbreaks of 2019-nCoV. Although understanding of the 2019-nCoV virus is evolving, lessons learned from prior infectious disease challenges such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome will hopefully improve our state of readiness regardless of the number of cases we eventually manage in Canada.

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Major complications of airway management in the UK: results of the Fourth National Audit Project of the Royal College of Anaesthetists and the Difficult Airway Society. Part 1: anaesthesia.

T.M. Cook, N Woodall, C. Frerk (2011)

This project was devised to estimate the incidence of major complications of airway management during anaesthesia in the UK and to study these events. Reports of major airway management complications during anaesthesia (death, brain damage, emergency surgical airway, unanticipated intensive care unit admission) were collected from all National Health Service hospitals for 1 yr. An expert panel assessed inclusion criteria, outcome, and airway management. A matched concurrent census estimated a denominator of 2.9 million general anaesthetics annually. Of 184 reports meeting inclusion criteria, 133 related to general anaesthesia: 46 events per million general anaesthetics [95% confidence interval (CI) 38-54] or one per 22,000 (95% CI 1 per 26-18,000). Anaesthesia events led to 16 deaths and three episodes of persistent brain damage: a mortality rate of 5.6 per million general anaesthetics (95% CI 2.8-8.3): one per 180,000 (95% CI 1 per 352-120,000). These estimates assume that all such cases were captured. Rates of death and brain damage for different airway devices (facemask, supraglottic airway, tracheal tube) varied little. Airway management was considered good in 19% of assessable anaesthesia cases. Elements of care were judged poor in three-quarters: in only three deaths was airway management considered exclusively good. Although these data suggest the incidence of death and brain damage from airway management during general anaesthesia is low, statistical analysis of the distribution of reports suggests as few as 25% of relevant incidents may have been reported. It therefore provides an indication of the lower limit for incidence of such complications. The review of airway management indicates that in a majority of cases, there is 'room for improvement'.

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Marijana Matas:

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8942-8964

Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing

Martina Miklić Bublić:

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4471-1117

Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing

Ante Sekulić: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing

Renata Curić Radivojević:

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5984-617X

Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing

Bálint Nagy:

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4865-8958

Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing

Silvia Fiorelli: Role: Editor

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One

Journal ID (publisher-id): plos

Title: PLOS ONE

Publisher: Public Library of Science (San Francisco, CA USA )

ISSN (Electronic): 1932-6203

Publication date (Electronic): 11 January 2023

Publication date Collection: 2023

Volume: 18

Issue: 1

Electronic Location Identifier: e0280236

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[1 ] Department of Anesthesiology, Reanimatology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

[2 ] School of Medicine, Catholic University of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia

[3 ] Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

[4 ] Medical Skills Lab, Medical School, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

Sapienza University of Rome: Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, ITALY

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Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

* E-mail: marijana.matas@ 123456yahoo.com

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Marijana Matas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8942-8964

Martina Miklić Bublić https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4471-1117

Renata Curić Radivojević https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5984-617X

Bálint Nagy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4865-8958

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Publisher ID: PONE-D-22-03380

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0280236

PMC ID: 9833575

PubMed ID: 36630446

SO-VID: 6a1a18d5-8f10-4619-bda9-b20aaec201f3

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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

History

Date received : 3 February 2022

Date accepted : 24 December 2022

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Figures: 4, Tables: 3, Pages: 12

Funding

Funded by: University of Pecs

Award ID: EFOP-3.6.1-16-2016-00004 and the TKP2021-NVA-06

Award Recipient :

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4865-8958

Bálint Nagy

Funded by: Thematic Excellence Program 2020—National Excellence Subprogram; Biomedical Engineering Project

Award ID: 2020-4.1.1-TKP2020

Award Recipient :

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4865-8958

Bálint Nagy

Bálint Nagy was supported by the Thematic Excellence Program 2020—National Excellence Subprogram; Biomedical Engineering Project (“2020-4.1.1-TKP2020”), the EFOP-3.6.1-16-2016-00004 and the TKP2021-NVA-06 of the University of Pécs. None of the funders had any role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. There was no additional external funding received for this study.

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