Table 1.
Frequency of adverse effects (AE) during inhalation sedation observed for trainee and expert practitioners for each type of patient.
| Anxious adult or child | Preschool children | Intellectual disability | Stressful act | Total | |||||||
| Type of adverse effect | Practitioners | Sessions (n) | AE (%) | Sessions (n) | AE (%) | Sessions (n) | AE (%) | Sessions (n) | AE (%) | Sessions (n) | AE (%) |
| Respiratory | Trainee | 291 | 0 | 143 | 0 | 262 | 8** | 87 | 0 | 783 | 3* |
| Expert | 139 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 202 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 372 | 0 | |
| Digestive | Trainee | 292 | 4 | 143 | 1 | 261 | 9** | 87 | 2 | 783 | 5 |
| Expert | 139 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 202 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 372 | 3 | |
| Neurological | Trainee | 292 | 1 | 141 | 0 | 259 | 0 | 87 | 0 | 781 | 0 |
| Expert | 139 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 203 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 373 | 0 | |
| Behavioural | Trainee | 292 | 1 | 142 | 3 | 266 | 12** | 87 | 6 | 787 | 6* |
| Expert | 139 | 1 | 30 | 7 | 202 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 372 | 2 | |
| Vaso-vagal | Trainee | 292 | 1 | 143 | 1 | 263 | 10** | 87 | 2 | 785 | 4** |
| Expert | 139 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 202 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 372 | 1 | |
| Others | Trainee | 291 | 1 | 143 | 0 | 254 | 7** | 87 | 3 | 775 | 3 |
| Expert | 139 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 199 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 370 | 2 | |
Significant difference between the two groups: Fisher exact test: * p < 0.01, ** p < 0.001.