BACKGROUND: The consequences of emergency intubation in @entity5011 are not known. OBJECTIVE: To review data from @entity1 admitted to the intensive care unit with recent diagnosis of @entity5011 and intubation for @entity1576 . DESIGN, SETTING, AND @entity1 : The database of @entity1 with @entity5011 admitted to the intensive care units during the past 2 decades was reviewed. Emergency intubation was defined as need for ventilation in a @entity1 with sudden @entity1353 , @entity848 , or @entity1576 . Outcome and pulmonary morbidity were assessed by comparing these @entity1 with @entity1 intubated electively. RESULTS: Six @entity1 were intubated for acute @entity649 and 1 @entity1 for @entity1576 . Thirty-six @entity1 were intubated electively. Prolonged weaning was twice as common in the emergent group as in the elective group; a larger sample size might have demonstrated statistical significance. One @entity1 with @entity1576 developed marked @entity75 ; in all others, no differences were found in mortality, pulmonary morbidity, or duration of ventilatory assistance. None of the emergency intubations occurred in the last 15 years of the study. CONCLUSIONS: Emergency intubation in @entity5011 is uncommon but, when associated with @entity1576 , can lead to @entity75 . Duration of ventilator use and pulmonary morbidity are not increased in these @entity1 .

Emergency intubation for XXXX in @entity5011 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'PATIENTS'] @entity1353 :: ('MESH:D004417', 'Disease') :: ['dyspnea'] @entity75 :: ('MESH:D001927', 'Disease') :: ['anoxic encephalopathy'] @entity649 :: ('MESH:D012128', 'Disease') :: ['respiratory distress'] @entity5011 :: ('MESH:D020275', 'Disease') :: ['Guillain-Barr   syndrome'] @entity1576 :: ('MESH:D012131', 'Disease') :: ['respiratory arrest', 'respiratory failure'] @entity848 :: ('MESH:D003490', 'Disease') :: ['cyanosis']
@entity1576 :: (MESH:D012131,Disease) :: ['respiratory failure']
