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Table 1 Comparison of intubation characteristics and procedural complication rates between first and last intubations in repeatedly intubated patients

From: Reintubation in critically ill patients: procedural complications and implications for care

Characteristic

First intubation

Last intubation

Odds ratio

P value

( n = 151)

( n = 151)

(95% confidence interval)

Intubation location

   

0.18

 ICU

115 (77)

127 (86)

 

 Emergency department

15 (10)

8 (5)

 Procedural suite

2 (1)

2 (1)

 Hospital floor

15 (10)

11 (7)

 Other

3 (2)

0 (0)

Intubation indication

   

0.27

 Respiratory distress

53 (35)

57 (39)

 

 Airway protection

35 (23)

27 (18)

 Hypoxia

23 (15)

38 (26)

 Cardiac arrest

6 (4)

4 (3)

 Elective (preprocedure)

11 (7)

8 (5)

 Shock

6 (4)

2 (1)

 Other

16 (11)

12 (8)

Intubation attempts

    

 1 or 2

134 (89)

138 (91)

Reference

Reference

  ≥ 3

17 (11)

13 (9)

0.74 (0.36 to 1.52)

0.41

Rank of final intubator

    

 Fellow

98 (69)

106 (72)

Reference

Reference

 Resident or other

28 (10)

29 (20)

0.96 (0.58 to 1.58)

0.86

 Attending

16 (11)

13 (9)

0.75 (0.39 to 1.46)

0.40

Adjunct to DL used

16 (11)

18 (12)

1.13 (0.60 to 2.15)

0.70

Cormack–Lehane grade

    

 1

91 (61)

88 (58)

Reference

Reference

 2

33 (22)

38 (25)

1.19 (0.70 to 2.01)

0.52

 3

8 (5)

8 (5)

1.03 (0.39 to 2.71)

0.95

 4

3 (2)

5 (6)

1.72 (0.49 to 6.08)

0.40

Procedural complicationsa

8 (6)

19 (13)

2.51 (1.09 to 5.76)

0.03

 Major complications

6 (4)

14 (9)

 

  Hypotension

3 (2)

9 (6)

 

  Hypoxia

3 (2)

7 (5)

 

 Aspiration

1 (1)

3 (2)

 

 Arrhythmia

2 (1)

0 (0)

 

 Dental trauma

0 (0)

1 (1)

 

 Esophageal intubation

0 (0)

3 (2)

 
  1. Raw data presented as number (%). DL, direct laryngoscopy. aComplications with frequencies of 0 are omitted from the table.