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Table 1 Patient’s characteristics

From: Airway Management in the Emergency Department (The OcEAN-Study) - a prospective single centre observational cohort study

 

out-of-hospital airway management (n = 150)

ED airway management (n = 136)

p

Epidemiology

 age (years), MV ± SD,

66 ± 16

65 ± 18

0.730

 Median, min-max

69, 18–94

71, 20–89

 

 Weight (kg), MV ± SD,

83 ± 27

81 ± 22

0.403

 Median, min-max

80, 42–180

80, 40–150

 

 Hight (cm), MV ± SD,

170 ± 32

170 ± 9

0.992

 Median, min-max

170, 150–190

170, 140–190

 

 BMI (kg/m2), MV ± SD,

28 ± 8

28 ± 7

0.419

 Median, min-max

28, 15–58

26, 16–59

 

 Male Gender [n, (%)]

86 (57.3%)

82 (60.2%)

0.611

 NACA (points), MV ± SD,

5.3 ± 0.8

4.8 ± 0.7

0.001

 Median, min-max

5.5, 3–6

5, 3–6

 

 ASA (points), MV ± SD,

3.5 ± 1.3

3.2 ± 0.9

0.007

 Median, min-max

4, 1–6

3, 1–5

 

Reason for airway management

 Cardiac arrest [n, (%)]

74 (49.3%)

9 (6.6%)

< 0.001

 Unconsciousness [n, (%)]

50 (33.3%)

58 (42.6%)

0.105

 Respiratory failure [n, (%)]

18 (12.0%)

50 (36.8%)

< 0.001

 Hemodynamic instability [n, (%)]

8 (5.3%)

19 (14.0%)

0.01