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Table 4 Odds of a composite complication with intubation

From: Failed noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation is associated with an increased risk of intubation-related complications

 

Odds of a composite complication of intubation b

 

Unadjusted (crude)

Adjusted a

Variable

Odds ratio

95% CI

Odds ratio

95% CI

Failed NIPPV

1.50

0.90 to 2.51

2.20

1.14 to 4.25

Pneumonia or ARDS

2.09

1.23 to 3.55

1.67

0.93 to 2.99

Total attempts

    

  1

Reference

 

Reference

 

  2

2.17

1.16 to 4.03

2.35

1.19 to 4.64

  3

3.34

0.63 to 17.72

3.41

0.60 to 19.37

Operator PGY

    

  1

Reference

 

Reference

 

  2

1.24

0.45 to 3.44

1.38

0.46 to 4.16

  3

1.3

0.44 to 3.82

1.00

0.31 to 3.19

  4

0.87

0.33 to 2.29

0.74

0.25 to 2.15

  5

1.25

0.46 to 3.38

1.14

0.39 to 3.40

  6

2.6

0.80 to 8.49

2.23

0.62 to 8.05

  Attending

2.6

0.21 to 32.90

3.00

0.22 to 40.53

Propensity score

-

-

0.09

0.02 to 0.44

  1. aAdjusted for all other variables shown; Hosmer-Lemeshow goodness-of-fit p value = 0.87; bthe composite complication includes hypotension, desaturation, or aspiration during intubation.
  2. CI, confidence interval; PGY, postgraduate year, NIPPV, noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome.