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. 2007 Aug;24(8):572–573. doi: 10.1136/emj.2007.048546

Table 1 Differences in tracheal intubation procedure using the Airway Scope and Macintosh laryngoscope by non‐anaesthesia residents.

Airway Scope Macintosh laryngoscope
Time to intubation (s) 41 (19)* 69 (41)*
Attempts until successful intubation (1/2/3 times) 97/3/0† 69/27/4†
Erroneous intubation of the oesophagus 0‡ 8‡

*Mean (SD), p<0.001 (Student's t test).

†Number of cases, p<0.001 (Mann–Whitney U test).

‡Number of cases, p<0.05 (Yates' corrected χ2 test).