Volume 142, Issue 6, Pages 1372-1374 (December 2012) Point: Should an Anesthesiologist Be the Specialist of Choice in Managing the Difficult Airway in the ICU? Yes J. Matthias Walz, MD, FCCP CHEST Volume 142, Issue 6, Pages 1372-1374 (December 2012) DOI: 10.1378/chest.12-2194 Copyright © 2012 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Impact of specialty training on rates of DI, repeat attempts at laryngoscopy, and esophageal intubation.2,6,7,11–13 Note that in the study by Simpson et al,13 reported rates of DI reflect a patient history of DI, not DI encountered during the study period. All emergency endotracheal intubations in the studies by Martin et al6 and Simpson et al13 were performed, supervised, or both by clinicians with formal training in anesthesiology. DI = difficult intubation; Esoph Intub = esophageal intubation. CHEST 2012 142, 1372-1374DOI: (10.1378/chest.12-2194) Copyright © 2012 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions