Table 2.
Provider and practice characteristics
| Provider and practice characteristics (N=2570) |
Family absent (n=2328) |
Family present (n=242) |
P value |
| Primary airway provider (n (%))* | |||
| Paediatric resident | 415 (18) | 25 (10) | 0.041 |
| Neonatology fellow | 742 (32) | 73 (30) | |
| Neonatology attending | 173 (7) | 23 (10) | |
| Nurse practitioner/physician assistant | 853 (37) | 105 (43) | |
| Other (hospitalists, respiratory therapist) | 144 (6) | 16 (7) | |
| Intubation device (n (%))† | |||
| Direct laryngoscope | 1824 (78) | 168 (69) | 0.006 |
| Video laryngoscope | 501 (22) | 74 (31) | |
| Intubation approach (n (%)) | |||
| Oral | 2147 (92) | 237 (98) | <0.0001 |
| Nasal | 171 (8) | 3 (1) | |
| Other | 10 (0) | 2 (1) | |
| Premedication (n (%))‡ | |||
| No sedation | 857 (37) | 84 (35) | 0.85 |
| Sedation only | 416 (18) | 41 (17) | |
| Sedation and paralysis | 1046 (45) | 116 (48) |
*One encounter missing provider information.
†One intubation utilised a non-laryngoscopy device.
‡Ten intubations utilised only a paralytic.