Vía aérea en el obeso / Airway in the obese

Junio 27, 2017. No. 2732

El desempeño de la Escala de Dificultad de la Intubación en parturientas obesas sometidas a Cesárea The Performance of the Intubation Difficulty Scale among Obese Parturients Undergoing Cesarean Section. Eiamcharoenwit J1, Itthisompaiboon N2, Limpawattana P3, Siriussawakul A4. Biomed Res Int. 2017;2017:3075756. doi: 10.1155/2017/3075756. Epub 2017 Jan 26. Abstract Background. There have not yet been any studies to validate the intubation difficulty scale (IDS) in obese parturients. Objectives of this study were to determine the performance of the IDS in defining difficult intubation (DI) and to identify the optimal cutoff points of the IDS among obese parturients. Conclusions. The IDS scoring is a good tool for defining DI among obese parturients. The IDS scores of ≥3 and ≥5 are the optimal cutoff points to define somewhat DI and DI, respectively. PDF El grado de dificultad de intubación y la frecuencia de complicaciones en pacientes obesos en el Servicio de Urgencias del Hospital y la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos: Estudio de casos y controles. The degree of intubation difficulties and the frequency of complications in obese patients at the Hospital Emergency Department and the Intensive Care Unit: Case-control study. Cierniak M1, Sobczak R, Timler D, Wieczorek A, Borkowski B, Gaszyński T. Medicine (Baltimore). 2016 Dec;95(52):e5777. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000005777. Abstract The intubation difficulties in obese patients are not a new problem. They may result from an accumulation of fat in the oral cavity and cheeks. A thick tongue is also a significant factor. The literature reports that some tests to determine the intubation difficulties in obese people may be unreliable. The observed predictors of difficult intubation were the thyromental and sternomental distance and the intubation difficulty scale: FRONT score. Complications such as postintubation hematomas were more frequent in obese patients of the research sample. The frequency of the guidewire usage observed in that group was also higher. As anticipated by the adopted predictors, most of the obese patients were classified as difficult to intubate.There is a correlation between the occurrence of injuries and the prevalence of obesity in the research sample and the same dependency has been demonstrated in the issue concerning the use of the guidewire. Although the majority of predictors indicated patients with intubation difficulties, many predictors could show falsely positive results. The greater amount of intubation attempts was observed in obese patients. Further studies devoted to explain those correlations would be needed. PDF Manejo de la vía aérea perioperatoria y periprocedimientos y seguridad respiratoria para el paciente obeso: Consenso SIAARTI 2016. Perioperative and periprocedural airway management and respiratory safety for the obese patient: 2016 SIAARTI Consensus. Petrini F1, Di Giacinto I2, Cataldo R3, Esposito C4, Pavoni V5, Donato P6, Trolio A7, Merli G8, Sorbello M9, Pelosi P10; Obesity Task Force for the SIAARTI Airway Management Study Group. Collaborators (34) Minerva Anestesiol. 2016 Dec;82(12):1314-1335. Epub 2016 Oct 19. Abstract Proper management of obese patients requires a team vision and appropriate behaviors by all health care providers in hospital. Specialist competencies are fundamental, as are specific clinical pathways and good clinical practices designed to deal with patients whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is ≥30 kg/m2. Standards of care for bariatric and non-bariatric surgery and for the critical care management of this population exist but are not well defined nor clearly followed in every hospital. Thus every anesthesiologist is likely to deal with this challenging population. Obesity is a multisystem, chronic, proinflammatory disorder. Unfortunately many countries are facing a marked increase in the obese population, defined as "globesity". Obesity presents an added risk in hospital, leading health care organizations to call for action to avoid adverse events and preventable complications. Periprocedural assessment and critical care strategies designed specifically for obese patients are crucial for reducing morbidity and mortality during surgery and in emergency settings, critical care and other particular settings (e.g., obstetrics). Specific care is needed for airway management, as are proactive strategies to reduce the risk of cardiovascular, endocrine, metabolic and infective complications; any effort can be fruitful, including special attention to the science of human factors. The Italian Society of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Resuscitation and Intensive Care (SIAARTI) organized a consensus project involving other national scientific societies to increase risk awareness, define the best multidisciplinary approach for treating obese patients in election and emergency, and enable every hospital to provide appropriate levels of care and good clinical practices. The Obesity Project Task Force, a section of the SIAARTI Airway Management Study Group, used a formal consensus process to identify a series of notes, alerts and statements, to be adopted as bundles, to define appropriate clinical pathways for hospitalized obese patients. The consensus, approved by the Task Force and endorsed by several European scientific societies actively operating in this field, is presented herein. PDF XIV Congreso Virtual Mexicano de Anestesiología 2017 Octubre 1-Diciembre 31, 2017 Información / Information Encuentro Internacional de Manejo de la Vía Aérea Bariloche. Argentina. 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