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Failed noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation is associated with an increased risk of intubation-related complications

Authors: Jarrod M Mosier, John C Sakles, Sage P Whitmore, Cameron D Hypes, Danielle K Hallett, Katharine E Hawbaker, Linda S Snyder, John W Bloom

Published in: Annals of Intensive Care | Issue 1/2015

Abstract

Background

Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV) use has increased in the treatment of patients with respiratory failure. However, despite decreasing the need for intubation in some patients, there are no data regarding the risk of intubation-related complications associated with delayed intubation in adult patients who fail NIPPV. The objective of this study is to evaluate the odds of a composite complication of intubation following failed NIPPV compared to patients intubated primarily in the medical intensive care unit (ICU).

Methods

This is a single-center retrospective cohort study of 235 patients intubated between 1 January 2012 and 30 June 2013 in a medical ICU of a university medical center. A total of 125 patients were intubated after failing NIPPV, 110 patients were intubated without a trial of NIPPV. Intubation-related data were collected prospectively through a continuous quality improvement (CQI) program and retrospectively extracted from the medical record on all patients intubated on the medical ICU. A propensity adjustment for the factors expected to affect the decision to initially use NIPPV was used, and the adjusted multivariate regression analysis was performed to evaluate the odds of a composite complication (desaturation, hypotension, or aspiration) with intubation following failed NIPPV versus primary intubation.

Results

A propensity-adjusted multivariate regression analysis revealed that the odds of a composite complication of intubation in patients who fail NIPPV was 2.20 (CI 1.14 to 4.25), when corrected for the presence of pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and adjusted for factors known to increase complications of intubation (total attempts and operator experience). When a composite complication occurred, the unadjusted odds of death in the ICU were 1.79 (95% CI 1.03 to 3.12).

Conclusions

After controlling for potential confounders, this propensity-adjusted analysis demonstrates an increased odds of a composite complication with intubation following failed NIPPV. Further, the presence of a composite complication during intubation is associated with an increased odds of death in the ICU.

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Title: Failed noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation is associated with an increased risk of intubation-related complications
Authors: Jarrod M Mosier
John C Sakles
Sage P Whitmore
Cameron D Hypes
Danielle K Hallett
Katharine E Hawbaker
Linda S Snyder
John W Bloom
Publication date: 01-12-2015
Publisher: Springer Paris
Published in: Annals of Intensive Care / Issue 1/2015
Electronic ISSN: 2110-5820
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13613-015-0044-1

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Failed noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation is associated with an increased risk of intubation-related complications

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