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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Paediatr Anaesth. 2022 Jun 24;32(9):1015–1023. doi: 10.1111/pan.14505

Table 1.

Patient and provider characteristics (N=580)

Pre-Implementation of VL (N=284) Post-Implementation of VL (N=296)
Patient demographics
Age category (N, %)
   Infant 60 (21%) 66 (22%)
   Young child (-7 yrs) 133 (47%) 111 (37%)
   Older child (8-17 yrs) 78 (27%) 100 (34%)
   Adult (≥18 yrs) 12 (5%) 20 (7%)
Weight in kg (median, IQR) 16.4 (9.3, 32.8) 17.8 (9.4, 39.5)
Sex (male, %) 154 (54%) 152 (51%)
Indication
   Respiratory 171 (60%) 161 (54%)
   Shock 23 (8%) 24 (8%)
   Neurological 33 (12%) 46 (16%)
   Procedural 110 (39%) 113 (38%)
History of difficult airway 53 (19%) 48 (16%)
Difficult airway feature(s) 75 (26%) 61 (21%)
First attempt provider
   Resident 11 (4%) 13 (4.5%)
   Fellow 179 (63%) 195 (66%)
   Attending 11 (4%) 18 (6%)
   Nurse practitioner/hospitalist 55 (19%) 57 (19%)
   Subspecialist/other 28 (10%) 13 (4.5%)