Research Article
Using Fresh Frozen Plasma for Acute Airway Angioedema to Prevent Intubation in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Table 2
Intubation characteristics.
| | Parameter | FFP
() | No FFP
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| | Prevalence, (%) | 7 (35) | 65 (60) | 0.05 | | Duration, hours, mean (SD) | 60.3 (38.2) | 97.1 (126.9) | 0.45 | | Type, (%) | | | 1.00 | | PO | 5 (83) | 51 (81) | | | Nasal | 1 (17) | 12 (19) | | | Location, (%) | | | — | | ED | 3 (43) | 45 (69) | | | ICU | 1 (14) | 3 (5) | | | Floor | 0 (0) | 9 (14) | | | OR | 3 (43) | 8 (12) | | | Procedure administrator, (%) | | | 0.59 | | ED physician | 0 (0) | 9 (14) | | | Anesthesiologist/ENT | 7 (100) | 56 (86) | | | Procedures, (%) | | | | | Cricothyroidotomy | 1 (14) | 1 (2) | 0.19 | | Tracheostomy | 1 (14) | 3 (5) | 0.34 |
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ED, emergency department; ENT, ear, nose, and throat surgeon; FFP, fresh frozen plasma; ICU, intensive care unit; OR, operating room; PO, per-oral; SD, standard deviation.
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