Table 1.

Demographic data of patients who underwent emergent endotracheal intubation with and without PICA.

	Peri-intubation arrest (n = 29)	Controls (n = 116)	p
Demographic factors
Age (yrs)	58.7 (±19.3)	59.5 (±15.8)	0.665
% male, (n)	69% (20)	64 (64%)	0.665
Weight (kg)	78.6 (±22.8)	76.4 (±28.0)	0.607
Height (m)	1.71 (±0.1)	1.70 (±0.1)	0.649
BMI	27.2 (±8.8)	26.4 (±8.7)	0.680
Co-morbidities			0.241
% COPD, (n)	7.4% (2)	7% (8)
% Heart failure, (n)	24.1% (7)	11% (13)
% MI, (n)	7.4% (2)	15% (17)
% Prior stroke, (n)	3.4% (1)	5% (6)
% CKD, (n)	7.4% (2)	18% (18)
% Cirrhosis, (n)	7.4% (2)	13% (15)