Objective
To determine the changes in intubation procedures of critically ill patients without SARS-CoV-2 infection induced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Design
Secondary analysis of the INTUPROS prospective multicenter observational study on intubation in intensive care units (ICUs).
Setting
A numbre of 43 Spanish ICUs between April 2019 and October 2020.
Patients
A total of 1,515 non-COVID-19 patients intubated before and during the pandemic.
Interventions
None. Main variables of interest: Intubation procedures and medication, first-pass success rate, complications, and mortality.
Results
A total of 1,199 patients intubated before the pandemic and 316 during the pandemic were analyzed. During the pandemic, there were fewer days until intubation (OR 0.95; 95% CI: 0.92-0.98), reduced resuscitation bag (OR 0.43; 95% CI: 0.29-0.63) and non-invasive ventilation oxygenation (OR 0.51; 95% CI: 0.34-0.76), reduced use of capnography (OR 0.55; 95% CI: 0.33-0.92) and fentanyl (OR 0.47; 95% CI: 0.34-0.63). On the other hand, there was an increase in oxygenation with non-HFNC devices (OR 2.21; 95% CI: 1.23-3.96), in use of videolaryngoscopy on the first-pass (OR 2.74; 95% CI: 1.76-4.24), and greater use of midazolam (OR 1.95; 95% CI: 1.39-2.72), etomidate (OR 1.78; 95% CI: 1.28-2.47) and succinylcholine (OR 2.55; 95% CI: 1.82-3.58). The first-pass success was higher (68.5% vs. 74.7%; P = 0.033). There were no pre-post differences in major complications (34.7% vs. 34.8%; P = 0.970) and in-hospital mortality (42.7% vs. 38.6%; P = 0.137).
Conclusions
The COVID-19 pandemic modified intubation procedures in non-COVID-19 patients, changing the oxygenation strategy, the medication and the use of videolaryngoscopy, with no impact on complications or mortality.
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