TY - JOUR
T1 - Conceptualization of Artificial Intelligence in Airway Management
AU - Dhananchey, Ramkumar
AU - Henri Jean Alinier, Guillaume
AU - Bouras, Abdelaziz
AU - Hossain, Alamgir
AU - Lance, Marcus
AU - Jeganath, Vijay
PY - 2022/1/15
Y1 - 2022/1/15
N2 - Background: Failed intubation is the single most important cause of patient morbidity and mortality during anesthesia for surgery. The incidence of difficult intubation could be as high as 12% while failed intubation is around 0.5%. 1 Disaster and mass casualty management may increase this risk multi-fold due to the paucity of airway-trained medical personnel. 2 Automation of the entire procedure could potentially save lives particularly in situations where mass casualties could happen without the immediate availability of skilled airway specialists. Thanks to the combination of existing technology involving 3-D image capture, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) for image analysis, and robotics, airway management could be revolutionized. Work is already underway in this domain, but many challenges still need to be overcome to make the technology more practical and user-friendly. 3 Methods: Experts in the above fields from Hamad Medical Corporation (Qatar), Qatar University (Qatar), and Teesside University (UK) were brought together to collaborate on this potentially game-changing technological solution. The team includes clinicians specialized in airway management, engineers with a very strong track record of accomplishments in artificial intelligence and computer algorithm-based software development. The team is regularly meeting online to discuss the integration of the various technologies to develop a prototype automated device. Recommendations: A concept model based on Clinical-Technology-Research integration was arrived at as illustrated in Figure 1. The team is presently seeking funding to start the development of a working prototype combining AI, ML, and robotics. The planned work packages are briefly presented in Table 1. Conclusion: This work has shown that an automated device to disrupt the practice in airway management is feasible and could save lives particularly in disaster management and in geographical areas with a lack of clinicians with expertise in airway management.
AB - Background: Failed intubation is the single most important cause of patient morbidity and mortality during anesthesia for surgery. The incidence of difficult intubation could be as high as 12% while failed intubation is around 0.5%. 1 Disaster and mass casualty management may increase this risk multi-fold due to the paucity of airway-trained medical personnel. 2 Automation of the entire procedure could potentially save lives particularly in situations where mass casualties could happen without the immediate availability of skilled airway specialists. Thanks to the combination of existing technology involving 3-D image capture, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) for image analysis, and robotics, airway management could be revolutionized. Work is already underway in this domain, but many challenges still need to be overcome to make the technology more practical and user-friendly. 3 Methods: Experts in the above fields from Hamad Medical Corporation (Qatar), Qatar University (Qatar), and Teesside University (UK) were brought together to collaborate on this potentially game-changing technological solution. The team includes clinicians specialized in airway management, engineers with a very strong track record of accomplishments in artificial intelligence and computer algorithm-based software development. The team is regularly meeting online to discuss the integration of the various technologies to develop a prototype automated device. Recommendations: A concept model based on Clinical-Technology-Research integration was arrived at as illustrated in Figure 1. The team is presently seeking funding to start the development of a working prototype combining AI, ML, and robotics. The planned work packages are briefly presented in Table 1. Conclusion: This work has shown that an automated device to disrupt the practice in airway management is feasible and could save lives particularly in disaster management and in geographical areas with a lack of clinicians with expertise in airway management.
KW - Artificial intelligence
KW - Tracheal Intubation
KW - Airway management
KW - Robotics
KW - Machine learning
U2 - 10.5339/jemtac.2022.qhc.70
DO - 10.5339/jemtac.2022.qhc.70
M3 - Meeting Abstract
VL - 2022
JO - Middle East Journal of Emergency Medicine
JF - Middle East Journal of Emergency Medicine
SN - 1999-7086
IS - 1
ER -