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. 2022 Mar 31;9(1):29–35. doi: 10.15441/ceem.21.059

Table 4.

Association between the HEAVEN criteria and the intubation attempt >1, and the complications of intubation

HEAVEN criteria Any complication (n = 24)
Aspiration (n = 12)
Dysrhythmia (n = 5)
Cardiac arrest (n = 7)
Hypoxemia (n = 8)
n OR (95% CI) P-value n OR (95% CI) P-value n OR (95% CI) P-value n OR (95% CI) P-value n OR (95% CI) P-value
Any criteria 24 3.69 (1.33–10.21) < 0.01a,b) 12 8.56 (1.09–67.37) 0.02c,d) 5 1.63 (0.31–8.67) 0.55c) 7 2.33 (0.47–11.58) 0.27c) 8 2.69 (0.55–13.09) 0.18c)
Hypoxemia 11 7.44 (2.82–19.63) < 0.01b,c) 1 0.56 (0.07–4.50) 0.55c) 3 5.84 (1.21–28.12) 0.04c,d) 4 6.53 (1.61–26.57) 0.01c,d) 8 42.86 (8.29–221.70) < 0.01b,c)
Extremes of size 6 0.96 (0.38–2.44) 0.94a) 3 0.91 (0.24–3.46) 0.89c) 1 0.50 (0.60–4.24) 0.49c) 1 0.37 (0.04–3.01) 0.29c) 2 0.75 (0.15–3.68) 0.72c)
Anatomical challenge 18 1.38 (0.51–3.77) 0.53c) 3 1.56 (0.40–6.05) 0.50c) 1 0.83 (0.10–7.14) 0.86c) 1 0.61 (0.07–5.09) 0.63c) 1 0.54 (0.07–4.43) 0.54c)
Vomit/blood/fluid 18 5.55 (2.39–12.92) < 0.01a,b) 11 16.63 (3.54–78.27) < 0.01b,c) 4 3.40 (0.73–15.79) 0.12c) 5 3.23 (0.83–12.58) 0.09c) 3 1.04 (0.26–4.17) 0.96c)
Exsanguination 6 1.63 (0.59–4.50) 0.36c) 4 2.81 (0.80–9.91) 0.13c) 0 1.05 (1.01–1.09) 0.13c) 1 0.70 (0.08–5.84) 0.73c) 1 0.62 (0.08–5.09) 0.64c)
Neck mobility 2 0.37 (0.08–1.68) 0.15c) 2 1.04 (0.22–4.98) 0.02c) 0 1.05 (1.01–1.09) 0.13c) 0 1.07 (1.02–1.11) 0.08c) 0 1.07 (1.03–1.12) 0.07c)

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

a)

Chi-square test.

b)

P<0.01.

c)

Fisher exact test.

d)

P<0.05.