Clinical Study

Comparison of the Clinical Use of Macintosh and Miller Laryngoscopes for Orotracheal Intubation by Second-Month Nurse Students in Anesthesiology

Table 2

Overall success rate, intubation attempt, intubation time, and the lowest SpO2 during intubation attempt.

Macintosh Miller -value
( ) ( )

Overall success rate (%) 59 (100.0) 47 (78.4) .001*
Intubation attempt (%).037*
 1 59 (100.0) 42 (70.0)
 2 0 4 (6.7)
 3 0 1 (1.7)
Intubation time (sec) (mean, SD) 25.4 (10.7)46.9 (17.7) .001*
Lowest SpO2 during intubation attempts (mean, SD) 98.3 (0.6) 98.0 (0.6).929

*Considered statistically significant.