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Table 2 Provider and practice factors categorized by the number of TI attempts (n = 2080)

From: The number of tracheal intubation attempts matters! A prospective multi-institutional pediatric observational study

 

1 attempt (n = 1256)

2 attempts (n = 503)

≥ 3 attempts (n = 321)

p-value

1st attempt provider

 Pediatric Resident

161 (13 %)

164 (33 %)

123 (38 %)

<0.001

 Critical Care Fellow

578 (46 %)

175 (35 %)

110 (34 %)

 

 Critical Care Attending

196 (16 %)

54 (11 %)

20 (6 %)

 

 Other/unspecified

321 (25 %)

110 (21 %)

68 (22 %)

 

Method

 Oral

1196 (95 %)

488 (97 %)

316 (98 %)

0.01

 Nasal

60 (5 %)

15 (3 %)

5 (2 %)

 

Medication

 

 Vagolytic

503 (40 %)

206 (41 %)

162 (50 %)

0.003

 Fentanyl

796 (63 %)

337 (67 %)

199 (62 %)

0.26

 Midazolam

749 (60 %)

319 (63 %)

201 (63 %)

0.28

 Ketamine

398 (32 %)

141 (28 %)

100 (31 %)

0.32

 Propofol

89 (7 %)

29 (6 %)

11 (3 %)

0.047

 Etomidate

15 (1 %)

5 (1 %)

4 (1 %)

0.93

 Neuromuscular blockade

1156 (92 %)

466 (93 %)

298 (93 %)

0.85