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Waghmare UM, Singh A. Prehospital Cervical Spine (C-spine) Stabilization and Airway Management in a Trauma Patient: A Review. Cureus 2024; 16:e54815. [PMID: 38529441 PMCID: PMC10961654 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.54815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2024] [Indexed: 03/27/2024] Open
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Severe traumatic damage to the brain-to-body signaling bundle that results in bruising and a partial or total tear of the spinal cord is known as a spinal cord injury (SCI). SCI may develop at the time of an event or after. It can also develop while handling the patient and can worsen during the transportation of the patient. So prehospital care is crucial to prevent or minimize SCI. Prehospital care involves examining the patient, immobilizing the cervical spine (C-spine), providing cardiovascular support (keeping the mean arterial blood pressure over 85 mmHg), and carefully managing the airway (possibly intubating the patient using manual in-line stabilization (MILS)). Methylprednisolone (MPS) and other pharmacological treatments have not been shown to offer clinically meaningful and essential benefits for people with SCI. The therapeutic use of MPS in patients with SCI in the prehospital context is no longer supported. Additionally, whether or not pharmaceutical drugs will be effective in therapeutic hypothermia is unknown. When performing endotracheal intubation on these patients, the potential for C-spine damage is always considered. During intubation, the MILS approach significantly reduces C-spine movement. The MILS method, however, can potentially restrict mouth opening and result in subpar laryngoscopic vision. These issues can be handled using the recently developed video laryngoscope, such as Airtraq laryngoscope and AirWay Scope (AWS). Compared to a direct laryngoscope, the AWS and Airtraq laryngoscope reduced the improvement of intubation conditions and the acceleration of tracheal intubation through the occiput-C1 and C2-C4 levels of the C-spine extension movement.
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- Utkarsh M Waghmare
- Accident and Trauma Care Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND
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- Emergency Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wardha, IND
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Carney N, Totten AM, Cheney T, Jungbauer R, Neth MR, Weeks C, Davis-O'Reilly C, Fu R, Yu Y, Chou R, Daya M. Prehospital Airway Management: A Systematic Review. PREHOSP EMERG CARE 2022; 26:716-727. [PMID: 34115570 DOI: 10.1080/10903127.2021.1940400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Revised: 05/31/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Objective: To assess comparative benefits and harms across three airway management approaches (bag valve mask [BVM], supraglottic airway [SGA], and endotracheal intubation [ETI]) used by prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) to treat patients with trauma, cardiac arrest, or medical emergencies, and how they differ based on techniques and devices, EMS personnel and patient characteristics. Data sources: We searched electronic citation databases (Ovid® MEDLINE®, CINAHL®, the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Scopus®) from 1990 to September 2020. Review methods: We followed Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Effective Health Care Program Methods guidance. Outcomes included mortality, neurological function, return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), and successful advanced airway insertion. Meta-analyses using profile-likelihood random effects models were conducted, with analyses stratified by study design, emergency type, and age. Results: We included 99 studies involving 630,397 patients. We found few differences in primary outcomes across airway management approaches. For survival, there was no difference for BVM versus ETI or SGA in adult and pediatric patients with cardiac arrest or trauma. For neurological function, there was no difference for BVM versus ETI and SGA versus ETI in pediatric patients with cardiac arrest. There was no difference in BVM versus ETI in adults with cardiac arrest, but improved neurological function with BVM or ETI versus SGA. There was no difference in ROSC for patients with cardiac arrest for BVM versus ETI or SGA in adults and pediatrics, or SGA versus ETI in pediatrics. There was higher frequency of ROSC in adults with SGA versus ETI. For successful advanced airway insertion, there was higher first-pass success with SGA versus ETI for all patients except adult medical patients (no difference), and no difference in overall success using SGA versus ETI in adults. Conclusions: The currently available evidence does not indicate benefits of more invasive airway approaches based on survival, neurological function, ROSC, or successful airway insertion. Strength of evidence was low or moderate; most included studies were observational. This supports the need for high-quality randomized controlled trials to advance clinical practice and EMS education and policy, and improve patient-centered outcomes.
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Fevang E, Perkins Z, Lockey D, Jeppesen E, Lossius HM. A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing mortality in pre-hospital tracheal intubation to emergency department intubation in trauma patients. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2017; 21:192. [PMID: 28756778 PMCID: PMC5535283 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-017-1787-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Background Pre-hospital endotracheal intubation is frequently used for trauma patients in many emergency medical systems. Despite a wide range of publications in the field, it is debated whether the intervention is associated with a favourable outcome, when compared to more conservative airway measures. Methods A systematic literature search was conducted to identify interventional and observational studies where the mortality rates of adult trauma patients undergoing pre-hospital endotracheal intubation were compared to those undergoing emergency department intubation. Results Twenty-one studies examining 35,838 patients were included. The median mortality rate in patients undergoing pre-hospital intubation was 48% (range 8–94%), compared to 29% (range 6–67%) in patients undergoing intubation in the emergency department. Odds ratios were in favour of emergency department intubation both in crude and adjusted mortality, with 2.56 (95% CI: 2.06, 3.18) and 2.59 (95% CI: 1.97, 3.39), respectively. The overall quality of evidence is very low. Twelve of the twenty-one studies found a significantly higher mortality rate after pre-hospital intubation, seven found no significant differences, one found a positive effect, and for one study an analysis of the mortality rate was beyond the scope of the article. Conclusions The rationale for wide and unspecific indications for pre-hospital intubation seems to lack support in the literature, despite several publications involving a relatively large number of patients. Pre-hospital intubation is a complex intervention where guidelines and research findings should be approached cautiously. The association between pre-hospital intubation and a higher mortality rate does not necessarily contradict the importance of the intervention, but it does call for a thorough investigation by clinicians and researchers into possible causes for this finding. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13054-017-1787-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Espen Fevang
- Department of Research and Development, Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Drøbak, Norway. .,Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway.
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- Blizard Institute, Centre for Trauma Sciences, Queen Mary University, London, UK.,London's Air Ambulance, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Centre for Trauma Sciences, Queen Mary University, London, UK.,London's Air Ambulance, The Royal London Hospital, London, UK.,Department of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
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- Department of Research and Development, Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Drøbak, Norway.,Department of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
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- Department of Research and Development, Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Drøbak, Norway.,Department of Health Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway
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Liu X, Gangoso E, Yi C, Jeanson T, Kandelman S, Mantz J, Giaume C. General anesthetics have differential inhibitory effects on gap junction channels and hemichannels in astrocytes and neurons. Glia 2015; 64:524-36. [PMID: 26666873 DOI: 10.1002/glia.22946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Astrocytes represent a major non-neuronal cell population actively involved in brain functions and pathologies. They express a large amount of gap junction proteins that allow communication between adjacent glial cells and the formation of glial networks. In addition, these membrane proteins can also operate as hemichannels, through which "gliotransmitters" are released, and thus contribute to neuroglial interaction. There are now reports demonstrating that alterations of astroglial gap junction communication and/or hemichannel activity impact neuronal and synaptic activity. Two decades ago we reported that several general anesthetics inhibited gap junctions in primary cultures of astrocytes (Mantz et al., (1993) Anesthesiology 78(5):892-901). As there are increasing studies investigating neuroglial interactions in anesthetized mice, we here updated this previous study by employing acute cortical slices and by characterizing the effects of general anesthetics on both astroglial gap junctions and hemichannels. As hemichannel activity is not detected in cortical astrocytes under basal conditions, we treated acute slices with the endotoxin LPS or proinflammatory cytokines to induce hemichannel activity in astrocytes, which in turn activated neuronal hemichannels. We studied two extensively used anesthetics, propofol and ketamine, and the more recently developed dexmedetomidine. We report that these drugs have differential inhibitory effects on gap junctional communication and hemichannel activity in astrocytes when used in their respective, clinically relevant concentrations, and that dexmedetomidine appears to be the least effective on both channel functions. In addition, the three anesthetics have similar effects on neuronal hemichannels. Altogether, our observations may contribute to optimizing the selection of anesthetics for in vivo animal studies.
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- Xinhe Liu
- Collège De France, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB)/Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte De Recherche 7241/Institut National De La Santé Et De La Recherche Médicale U1050, Paris Cedex 05, France.,University Pierre Et Marie Curie, Paris, France.,MEMOLIFE Laboratory of Excellence and Paris Science Lettre Research University, Paris, France
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- Collège De France, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB)/Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte De Recherche 7241/Institut National De La Santé Et De La Recherche Médicale U1050, Paris Cedex 05, France.,University Pierre Et Marie Curie, Paris, France.,MEMOLIFE Laboratory of Excellence and Paris Science Lettre Research University, Paris, France
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- Collège De France, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB)/Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte De Recherche 7241/Institut National De La Santé Et De La Recherche Médicale U1050, Paris Cedex 05, France.,University Pierre Et Marie Curie, Paris, France.,MEMOLIFE Laboratory of Excellence and Paris Science Lettre Research University, Paris, France
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- Collège De France, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB)/Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte De Recherche 7241/Institut National De La Santé Et De La Recherche Médicale U1050, Paris Cedex 05, France.,University Pierre Et Marie Curie, Paris, France.,MEMOLIFE Laboratory of Excellence and Paris Science Lettre Research University, Paris, France
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- Département D'anesthésie Et De Réanimation, HUPNVS, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- Service D'anesthésie Réanimation, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France.,Unité D'histopathologie Humaine Et Modèles Animaux Département Infection Et Epidémiologie Institut Pasteur 25, Rue Du Docteur Roux, Paris, France
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- Collège De France, Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology (CIRB)/Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique, Unité Mixte De Recherche 7241/Institut National De La Santé Et De La Recherche Médicale U1050, Paris Cedex 05, France.,University Pierre Et Marie Curie, Paris, France.,MEMOLIFE Laboratory of Excellence and Paris Science Lettre Research University, Paris, France
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