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Table 2 ‘Success probabilities’

From: Bonfils intubation fibrescope: use in simulation-based intubation training for medical students in comparison to MacIntosh laryngoscope

Trial:

 

1

2

3

4

Technique

Bonfils

MB

Success

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

103 (69 %)

36 (24 %)

111 (75 %)

37 (25 %)

123 (83 %)

22 (15 %)

121 (81 %)

20 (13 %)

No

6 (4 %)

4 (3 %)

1 (1 %)

0 (0 %)

2 (1 %)

2 (1 %)

8 (5 %)

0 (0 %)

 

p

<0.01

<0.01

<0.01

0.036

  1. Time points: consecutive trials 1, 2, 3, and 4; technique: MB Macintosh blade, Bonfils Bonfils intubation fibrescope, the numbers (%) of participants with successful (yes) and unsuccessful (no) intubation attempts for each trial; the p values (McNemar test) for comparison of the success probabilities between the techniques in each trial. [missing value (n = 1)]