The use of vasopressors to reduce post-intubation hypotension in critically ill adult patients undergoing emergent endotracheal intubation: a scoping review.

Introduction: Patients requiring emergent endotracheal intubation are at higher risk of post-intubation hypotension due to altered physiology in critical illness. Post-intubation hypotension increases mortality and hospital length of stay, however, the impact of vasopressors on its incidence and outcomes is not known. This scoping review identified studies reporting hemodynamic data in patients undergoing emergent intubation to provide a literature overview on post-intubation hypotension in cohorts that did and did not receive vasopressors.