Paediatric difficult intubations and the impact of timing of weekend versus weekday cases: an analysis of the Pediatric Difficult Intubation registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Off-hours presentation has been shown to be independently associated with tracheal intubation-related adverse events in patients with predicted difficult airway. The comparison of the complication rates of paediatric difficult intubations on weekends vs weekdays is unknown. The primary objective of this retrospective review is to determine the complication rates for paediatric difficult intubation cases that occur on a weekend vs a weekday.

Methods

We performed a retrospective review of data from the Pediatric Difficult Intubation registry, with service dates June 8, 2012 to May 9, 2023, to compare complication rates (total complications, hypoxaemia, non-hypoxaemia complications, and first-attempt success rate) during paediatric difficult intubations that occurred

SUBMITTER: Crockett CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12597374 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature