Intubation of patients with drug overdose

An Overview of Intubations for Drug Overdose at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service: A Retrospective Cohort/Descriptive Study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12624000140550

Enrollment

170

Registered

2024-02-14

Start date

2022-08-22

Completion date

2024-03-17

Last updated

2024-02-19

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Examining all intubated patients presenting with drug overdose to GCHHS EDs. Retrospective cohort study. Descriptive. Low risk from ethics perspective. Data collection from Feb 2021 to Sept 2023.

Interventions

Intubated overdose patients - intubated for under 12 hours. This is retrospective and on review of the electronic medical records. There is no participant involvement. The group is defined as those who were intubated for less than 12 hours. This is in consultation with other experts in this area and based on clinical reasoning. Observations include: - demographics (age, sex) - medical history (existing medical issues) - overdose history (agent, dose, polypharmacy) - airway management (pre-intubation management e.g. NRB) - relevant investigations (ECG, CXR, CTB, VBG etc) - complications during intubation (aspiration, pneumonia etc) - interventions (charcoal, antidote, ECMO etc) - outcomes (length of stay ICU and hospital, mortality, complications) Patients were observed until discharge from hospital

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Patients with drug overdose intubated in the emergency department between January 2021 to May 2023. Please note that all data collected retrospectively.

Exclusion criteria

Intubated pre-hospital Intubated for indication other than drug overdose e.g. trauma Transfer from another facility Age <18 Patients not intubated

Outcome results