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Table 1 Analysis of retrospective data for airway patency (not assigned: reported, but not in relation to burial time)

From: Prevalence of airway patency and air pocket in critically buried avalanche victims - a scoping review

 

Obstructed

Patent

Unknown

Burial time

Short < 35 min (n = 23, 5%)

0

5 (22%)

18 (78%)

Long ≥ 35 min (n = 271, 63%)

37 (14%)

40 (15%)

194 (71%)

Unknown (n = 61, 14%)

2 (3%)

48 (79%)

11 (18%)

Not assigned (n = 79, 18%)

8 (10%)

58 (73%)

13 (17%)

Total (n = 434)

47 (11%)

151 (35%)

236 (54%)