Predictors of first-pass success intubations in the emergency departments in Germany: analysis of the German Airway Registry between 2015 and 2022

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Christian Hohenstein, Lucas Rudnik, Frank Bloos. Predictors of first-pass success intubations in the emergency departments in Germany: analysis of the German Airway Registry between 2015 and 2022[J]. World Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2024, 15(6): 490-493.

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Factors	Number	FPS rate	P-value
Time (n=656)			0.740
0:00-5:59	49	40 (81.6%)
6:00-11:59	193	168 (87.0%)
12:00-17:59	252	218 (86.5%)
18:00-23:59	162	137 (84.6%))
Gender (n=656)			0.009
Male	366	303 (82.7%)
Female	290	260 (89.8%)
Age, years (n=653)			0.166
11-20	10	10 (100%)
21-30	11	7 (63.6%)
31-40	21	17 (81.0%)
41-50	47	42 (89.4%)
51-60	96	76 (79.2%)
61-70	148	131 (88.5%)
71-80	184	162 (88.0%)
81-80	125	106 (84.8%)
91-100	9	8 (88.9%)
>100	2	2 (100%)
Weight, kg (n=656)			0.345
0-40	3	3 (100%)
41-80	421	368 (87.4%)
81-120	197	163 (82.7%)
121-140	22	20 (90.9%)
141-180	13	9 (69.2%)
Laryngoscopy (n=487)			0.013
Direct	165	129 (78.2%)
Video	322	282 (87.5%)
Method (n=652)			0.284
RSI	512	437 (85.4%)
DSI	75	69 (92.0%)
No medication	37	30 (81.1%)
Awake intubation with topical anesthesia and sedation	25	23 (92.0%)
Other	3	2 (66.7%)
Indication (n=653)			0.283
Neurology	303	258 (85.1%)
Medicine	226	201 (88.9%)
CPR without trauma	59	46 (78.0%)
TBI	20	16 (80.0%)
Polytrauma	19	16 (84.2%)
CPR in traumatic CA	2	1 (50.0%)
Other	24	22 (91.7%)
Apneic oxygenation (n=656)			0.012
Yes	200	160 (80.0%)
No	456	403 (88.4%)

Predictors of first-pass success intubations in the emergency departments in Germany: analysis of the German Airway Registry between 2015 and 2022

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