Airway management considerations for appendectomy.

摘要

Recently, Istvan et al. reported a case review of airway management for appendectomies from the Hopital Mai-sonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Rapid sequence induction (RSI) with tracheal intubation was used for more than 80% of 250 emergency appendectomies, with transient blood pressure changes (35%) and intubation difficulty (1.2%) being the only complications. Istvan et al. concluded that it is not necessary to recommend a change in practice and implied both efficacy and safety of RSI for appendectomies.