Impact of Operator Medical Specialty on Endotracheal Intubation Rates in Prehospital Emergency Medicine-A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Prehospital endotracheal intubation (ETI) can be challenging, and the risk of complications is higher than in the operating room. The goal of this study was to compare prehospital ETI rates between anaesthesiologists and non-anaesthesiologists. This retrospective cohort study compared prehospital interventions performed by either physicians from the anaesthesiology department (ADP) or physicians from another department (NADP, for non-anaesthesiology department physicians).

[Internal medicine in 2020].

2020: annus horribilis for hospital medicine? The past year, notable because of the current pandemic, has had a profound impact on multiple aspects of medical practice. Just as all medical staff and the general population, hospital internists were put under immense strain in 2020. This year has more than ever reinforced our belief in the importance of keeping a critical and scientific eye on the mass of new studies and data produced every year.