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Table 4 Participants’proportion of attempts with one or more optimization maneuvers

From: Comparison of five video-assisted intubation devices by novice and expert laryngoscopists for use in the aeromedical evacuation environment

Condition

Airtraq

AWS

C-MAC

Coopdech

GlideScope

B-H adjusted p-value

Novice group

 NAL stanchion

0.0%

0.0%

4.2%

0.0%

4.2%

0.66

 NAL ground

8.3%

4.2%

12.5%

8.3%

8.3%

0.90

 DAL stanchion

0.0%

0.0%

25.0%

4.2%

8.3%

0.03

 DAL ground

54.2%

33.3%

75.0%

62.5%

58.3%

0.12

 DAB stanchion

8.3%

12.5%

29.2%

16.8%

16.8%

0.57

 DAB ground

50.0%

29.2%

75.0%

67.7%

45.8%

0.04

Expert group

 NAL Stanchion

0.0%

6.3%

6.3%

0.0%

0.0%

0.55

 NAL Ground

6.3%

0.0%

18.8%

12.5%

12.5%

0.55

 DAL Stanchion

12.5%

0.0%

18.8%

0.0%

12.5%

0.35

 DAL Ground

27.5%

18.8%

75.0%

50.0%

50.0%

0.08

 DAB Stanchion

0.0%

0.0%

12.5%

6.3%

18.8%

0.35

 DAB Ground

43.8%

12.5%

50.0%

68.8%

25.0%

0.07

  1. NAL Normal airway with lights on, DAL Difficult airway with lights on, DAB Difficult airway with blackout conditions. BH-adjusted p < 0.05 indicated statistical significance