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. 2006 Feb 7;91(4):F279–F282. doi: 10.1136/adc.2005.087213

Table 2 Characteristics of each individual intubation attempt determined by level of experience.

Inexperience Prior experience p Value
Number of intubations 26 31
Success rate (%) 38 74 0.029
Duration of each attempt (seconds) 49 (29) 36 (23) 0.09
Number of desaturations <80% 17 12 0.04
Duration of desaturation (seconds) 21 (38) 14 (35) 0.5
Lowest saturation (%) 66 (22) 77 (20) 0.07
Number of bradycardia <100 beats/min 2 1 0.4

Values are number or mean (SD).