Introduction: Airway management is one of the vital resuscitative procedures undertaken in many critically ill pediatric patients presenting for emergency care. Around (2–33/10,000) of all pediatric patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) require airway protection for various conditions, such as respiratory failure, airway protection, and cardiac arrest 1-3. In children, airway management demands great caution because of their age-related differences in anatomical and physiological characteristics and limited physiological reserves. Rapid sequence intubation (RSI) has become the standard technique to facilitate pediatric emergency airway management.
The objective of the study is to determine the risk factors associated with peri-intubation cardiac arrest in pediatric patients presenting to the emergency department.
Methods: This retrospective matched case-control study was carried out at the Emergency Department of the Aga Khan University Hospital from January 01, 2017, to December 31, 2022, will be included. Cases were identified as pediatric patients (age
Key words: Perintubation cardiac arrest, Retrun of sponataneous circulation.
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