Extubation Criteria
Kenneth John, MD · 2 Dec 2022 · 2 min
Summary
An anaesthesia-focused explainer on extubation criteria, covering the choice between awake and deep extubation and the preconditions for safe deep extubation (no residual neuromuscular blockade, easy airway, low aspiration risk, normothermia, adequate spontaneous tidal volumes). It also stresses having reintubation equipment to hand and watching for post-extubation obstruction or laryngospasm.
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