San Antonio—Placement of an airway exchange catheter (AEC) in ICU patients at high risk for extubation failure facilitates safe and rapid replacement of an endotracheal tube, research concluded.
From a small series of medical ICU patients, researchers found that “placement of an airway exchange catheter in patients at high risk of extubation failure is feasible in that it was well tolerated and facilitated safe and rapid replacement of an endotracheal tube when needed,” said