Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva (Jun 2010)

Intubação orotraqueal: avaliação do conhecimento médico e das práticas clínicas adotadas em unidades de terapia intensiva Orotracheal intubation: physicians knowledge assessment and clinical practices in intensive care units

  • Caroline Setsuko Yamanaka,
  • Aécio Flávio Teixeira de Góis,
  • Paulo César Bastos Vieira,
  • Jane Cristina Dias Alves,
  • Luciana Matias de Oliveira,
  • Leila Blanes,
  • Eliton Paulo Leite Lourenço,
  • Murillo Assunção,
  • Flavia Ribeiro Machado

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0103-507X2010000200002
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 2
pp. 103 – 111

Abstract

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OBJETIVOS: Avaliar o conhecimento médico sobre as técnicas de intubação e identificar as práticas mais realizadas. MÉTODOS: Estudo prospectivo, envolvendo três diferentes unidades de terapia intensiva de um hospital universitário: da anestesiologia (ANEST), da pneumologia (PNEUMO) e do pronto socorro (PS). Todos os médicos que trabalham nessas unidades e que concordaram em participar do estudo, responderam um questionário contendo dados demográficos e questões sobre intubação orotraqueal. RESULTADOS: Foram obtidos 85 questionários (90,42% dos médicos). ANEST teve maior média de idade (p = 0,001), com 43,5% sendo intensivistas. Foi referido uso da associação hipnótico e opióide (97,6%) e pré oxigenação (91,8%), mas apenas 44,6% referiram utilização de coxim suboccipital, sem diferença entre as UTIs. Na ANEST, referiu-se maior uso de bloqueador neuromuscular (p OBJECTIVES: To assess the physician’s knowledge on intubation techniques and to identify the common practices. METHODS: This was a prospective study, involving three different intensive care units within a University hospital: Anesthesiology (ANEST), Pulmonology (PULMO) and Emergency Department (ED). All physicians working in these units and consenting to participate in the study completed a questionnaire with their demographic data and questions on orotracheal intubation. RESULTS: 85 completed questionnaires were retrieved (90.42% of the physicians). ANEST had the higher mean age (p=0.001), being 43.5% of them intensivists. The use of hypnotic and opioid association was reported by 97.6%, and pre-oxygenation by 91.8%, but only 44.6% reported sub-occipital pad use, with no difference between the ICUs. On ANEST an increased neuromuscular blockade use was reported (p<0.000) as well as increased caution with full stomach (p=0.002). The rapid sequence knowledge was restricted (mean 2.20 ± 0.89), p=0.06 between the different units. The Sellick maneuver was known by 97.6%, but 72% used it inappropriately. CONCLUSIONS: Physicians knowledge on orotracheal intubation in the intensive care unit is unsatisfactory, even among qualified professionals. It is necessary to check if the responses to the questionnaire and actual clinical practices agree.

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