Table 5.
Complications related to PHAAM (n = 734)
|
Complication |
PHAAM without drugs |
Drug-assisted PHAAM |
RSI* |
|---|---|---|---|
| |
(n = 328) |
(n = 61) |
(n = 345) |
| Number (%) | Number (%) | Number (%) | |
| Vomiting / aspiration |
7 (2.1) |
2 (3.3) |
16 (4.6) |
| Hypoxia |
4 (1.2) |
0 |
18 (5.2) |
| Bradycardia |
0 |
0 |
1 (0.3) |
| Hypotension |
1 (0.3) |
0 |
25 (7.2) |
| Tube in oesophagus |
14 (4.3) |
2 (3.3) |
15 (4.3) |
| Teeth trauma |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total** | 26 (7.9) | 4 (6.6) | 76 (22.0) |
*Rapid Sequence Intubation, defined as the use of at least an anaesthetic agent or an opioid AND a neuro-muscular blocking agent.
** Two patients suffered more than one complication.