Guideline
Experts' guidelines of intubation and extubation of the ICU patient of French Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine (SFAR) and French-speaking Intensive Care Society (SRLF) : In collaboration with the pediatric Association of French-speaking Anaesthetists and Intensivists (ADARPEF), French-speaking Group of Intensive Care and Paediatric emergencies (GFRUP) and Intensive Care physiotherapy society (SKR).
- Airway
- Difficult airway
- Intubation
- Mechanical ventilation
- Medical
- Non-invasive ventilation and high flow
- Nursing
- Physiotherapy
- Respiratory
This guideline is from 2019, more than five years ago. Check whether a newer version exists and which version your unit follows.
Summary
French expert guidelines from SFAR and SRLF, with paediatric and physiotherapy societies, covering intubation and extubation of ventilated ICU patients. They address the high-risk nature of emergency intubation in haemodynamically or respiratory unstable patients, newer techniques such as videolaryngoscopy, and the causes and prevention of extubation failure. Algorithms are proposed to standardise both procedures. Largely adult-focused but with paediatric society collaboration, so relevant to PICU airway practice.
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