Table 2:
Provider and Practice Characteristics of Neonatal Intubations, by Setting
| NICU n=2279 |
Delivery Room n=866 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Airway Provider; n (%) | <0.001 | ||
| NP/PA/Hospitalist | 1026 (45.0%) | 350 (40.4%) | |
| Neonatal Fellow | 724 (31.8%) | 431 (49.8%) | |
| Pediatric Resident | 321 (14.1%) | 25 (2.9%) | |
| Neonatal Attending | 120 (5.3%) | 41 (4.7%) | |
| RRT | 63 (2.8%) | 11 (1.3%) | |
| Other | 25 (1.1%) | 8 (0.9%) | |
| Device used; n (%) | <0.001 | ||
| Laryngoscope | 1750 (76.8%) | 760 (87.8%) | |
| Video Laryngoscope | 529 (23.2%) | 106 (12.2%) | |
| Approach; n (%) | <0.001 | ||
| Oral | 2205 (96.8%) | 861 (99.4%) | |
| Nasal | 74 (3.2%) | 5 (0.6%) | |
| Stylet; n (%) | 1449 (63.7%) | 626 (72.5%) | <0.001 |
| Premedication;* n (%) | <0.001 | ||
| No sedation or Paralytic | 866 (38.0%) | 774 (89.4%) | |
| Sedation plus Paralytic | 1026 (45.0%) | 71 (8.2%) | |
| Sedation only | 382 (16.8%) | 20 (2.3%) |
NP= nurse practitioner, PA= physician assistant, RRT= registered respiratory therapist
*
Paralysis alone in <1%