Classical versus controlled rapid sequence induction and intubation in children with bleeding tonsils (a retrospective audit)

Kemper, Melanie E; Buehler, Philipp K; Schmitz, Achim; Gysin, Claudine; Nicolai, Thomas; Weiss, Markus

doi:10.1111/aas.13473

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Kemper, M. E., Buehler, P. K., Schmitz, A., Gysin, C., Nicolai, T., & Weiss, M. (2020). Classical versus controlled rapid sequence induction and intubation in children with bleeding tonsils (a retrospective audit). Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 64, 41–47. https://doi.org/10.1111/aas.13473

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PURPOSE To determine whether bag-mask ventilation between induction of anaesthesia and tracheal intubation in children with post-tonsillectomy bleeding reduces the incidence of hypoxaemia and difficult direct laryngoscopy without increasing perioperative respiratory complications. METHODS Medical records, anaesthesia protocols and vital sign data were analysed from February 2005 to March 2017 for patients undergoing anaesthesia for surgical revision of bleeding tonsils. Type of rapid sequence induction and intubation (RSII; classical,