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The NICO Trial: NIV in Comatose Patients with Acute Poisoning

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These patients can be at risk of vomiting and aspiration and often prompts clinicians to pursue definitive airway management to avoid pneumonia and other complications. There has been no high level evidence to help guide practice until now…the Non-Invasive Airway Management of Comatose Poisoned Emergency Patients (NICO) trial.

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NICO – Noninvasive Airway Management of Comatose Patients with Acute Poisoning

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Effect of Noninvasive Airway Management of Comatose Patients with Acute Poisoning: A Randomized Clinical Trial Freund Y. Background The decision to intubate a poisoned patient with […] DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.24391 DOI: 10.1001/jama.2023.24391

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