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. 2022 Jan 25;14(1):e21584. doi: 10.7759/cureus.21584

Table 1. Summary of features for patients who underwent apneic technique, N=38.

Feature Mean (SD; range)
Age in years 63.7 (14.3; 36-89)
Charlson index 2.3 (2.0; 0-6)
Body mass index 27.2 (5.0; 17.6-37.5)
Preoxygenation time using Optiflow 13.7 (5.5; 5-28)
Starting end-tidal CO2 (N=26) 32.1 (4.7; 20-41)
Ending end-tidal CO2 54.4 (11.9; 20-81)
Apneic time 23.9 (6.1; 13-40)
Rate of CO2 increase (N=26) 1.12 (0.46; 0.38-2.56)
Minimum oxygen saturation 93.6 (6.1; 79-100)
Maximum systolic blood pressure 166 (35; 114-237)
Minimum systolic blood pressure 98 (21; 68-166)
Sex N (%)
Female 24 (63)
Male 14 (37)
Mallampati grade (N=37)  
1 13 (35)
2 14 (38)
3 9 (24)
4 1 (3)