We obtained information on medications prescribed for obstructive airways disease (ATC-code R03).
Sensitivity analyses were performed with either the exclusion of 1) all subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), defined as FEV1/FVC <0.7 or intake of drugs for obstructive airway diseases (ATC code R03), or 2) all subjects with a time-lag between blood sampling and CPET of more than one month.
In addition to the role of anesthesia providers on the adult critical care team described above, anesthesia providers may also be involved in adult or pediatric ICU patient care during patient handoffs (transport to or from procedures), provision of anesthesia for procedures performed in the ICU, airway emergencies, and code blues.
We identified all participants with two or more prescriptions for drugs for obstructive airway diseases (ATC code R03) in any year during the follow-up by using the day of the first purchase as an indicator of the onset of asthma.
Use NAVAID codes, airport codes, and airways as applicable.
For example, reactive airway disease was coded as COPD, prediabetes was coded as diabetes, white coat hypertension was coded as hypertension and gout was coded as osteoarthritis.
We created a Code Critical Airway team to manage airway emergencies.
Code Critical Airway education programs improved the number of appropriate Code Critical Airways being called, as well as improved overall Code Critical Airway Team response time.
Data were collected during ALS retesting using scores from a theoretical examination and from the results of four practical skill assessments (basic life support, airway management, defibrillation and code management).
This was crosschecked with the airway database to avoid misclassification of patients in whom cardiac arrest was misdiagnosed on the intubation note in the airway database; for example, situations in which a "code blue" response was called to summon rapid assistance for a deteriorating patient who was not in full cardiopulmonary arrest.
Separately, the Transportation Department said yesterday that it had tentatively approved a code-sharing agreement between American and British Airways, except for nonstop flights between the United States and London.
