Research Article
Emergency Tracheal Intubation in Patients with COVID-19: Experience from a UK Centre
Table 4
Factors affecting incidence of oxygen desaturation and tracheal intubation success. Data are expressed as n/N (%).
| Factors affecting incidence of oxygen desaturation | Incidence of oxygen desaturation (SpO2 < 90%) | p value |
| Grade of the primary intubator | | | Consultant | 23/49 (47%) | | Senior trainee | 3/4 (75%) | | Preintubation oxygen therapy | | | CPAP | 15/32 (47%) | | No CPAP | 11/21 (52%) | | Number of intubation attempts | | | One attempt | 19/45 (42%) | | Multiple attempts | 7/8 (88%) | | Intubation location | | | Remote site | 16/35 (46%) | | Nonremote site | 10/18 (56%) | |
| Factors affecting success at tracheal intubation | Incidence of first pass success | value |
| Grade of the primary intubator | | | Consultant (n = 49) | 45/49 (92%) | | Senior trainee (n = 4) | 0/4 (0%) | | Phase of the pandemic | | | Epoch 1 (first 18 intubations) | 14/18 (78%) | vs. epoch 1 | Epoch 2 (next 18 intubations) | 16/18 (89%) | | Epoch 3 (final 17 intubations) | 16/17 (94%) | | Intubation location | | | Remote site | 31/35 (89%) | | Nonremote site | 14/18 (78%) | |
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