Impact of attending neonatologist presence on neonatal intubation success and adverse events: a cohort study
摘要
To evaluate the effect of attending neonatologist presence on first attempt neonatal intubation success and adverse events.
Study designRetrospective review of National Emergency Airway Registry for Neonates (NEAR4NEOS) intubations October 2014–December 2022. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to estimate associations between attending presence and outcomes.
ResultsAmong 12,652 intubation encounters, attendings were present for 8391 (66%) intubations by more junior operators. On univariate analysis, attending presence was associated with higher first attempt intubation success (OR 1.11, 95% CI 1.04–1.2). However, on multivariate analysis, attending presence was associated with lower first attempt success (aOR 0.78, 95% CI 0.70–0.86) and intubation requiring ≥3 intubation attempts (aOR 1.39, 95% CI 1.21–1.60).
ConclusionAfter adjustment, attending presence was associated with lower odds of first attempt intubation success. Reasons for this may include appropriate anticipation of high-risk intubations, altered team dynamics or unmeasured confounding biases.