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Table 4 Complications during airway management in resuscitation room (n = 129)

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

Hypotension (decrease in SBP to < 90 mmHg)

26 (20.2%)

desaturation (decrease in oxygen saturation ≥ 10%)

12 (9.3%)

oesphageal intubation

7 (5.4%)

aspiration

4 (3.1%)

endobronchial intubation

2 (1.6%)

cardiac arrest

4 (3.1%)

complications

55 (42.6%)

  1. SBP systolic blood pressure