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Table 8 Complications in 2317 patients receiving intubation in the emergency departmenta

From: The effectiveness of rapid sequence intubation (RSI) versus non-RSI in emergency department: an analysis of multicenter prospective observational study

Complications (%)

RSI (n = 760)

Non-RSI (n = 1557)

Intubation with sedative agent only (n = 849)

Intubation without medications (n = 706)

Cardiac arrest

5 (<1)

3 (<1)

1 (<1)

2 (<1)

Hypotension

26 (3)

25 (2)

24 (3)

1 (<1)

Hypoxemia

1 (<1)

5 (<1)

2 (<1)

3 (<1)

Regurgitation

8 (1)

30 (2)

14 (2)

16 (2)

Esophageal intubation with delayed recognition

27 (4)

74 (5)

40 (5)

34 (5)

Main stem bronchial intubation

14 (2)

20 (1)

7 (<1)

13 (2)

Dental or lip trauma

13 (2)

70 (4)

43 (5)

27 (4)

Airway trauma

3 (<1)

5 (<1)

1 (<1)

4 (<1)

Allergic reaction

1 (<1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

  1. aPatients may have more than one complication