Airway management complications: an audit from a large tertiary hospital: A single-centre study
Authors' conclusion
Emergency airway management and locations outside the operating theatre had a higher complication rate with hypotension (SBP < 65 mmHg) being the most frequent physiological event followed by hypoxia (SpO2 < 90%).
Study context
- Population
- Patients requiring elective or emergency airway management across a large academic adult tertiary referral centre (theatres, remote sites, PACU, ICU, ED, wards)patients with complications
- Participants
- 48 patients
- Outcome
- Incidence of airway management complications
Methodological detailssingle-centre, Oct–Dec 2023; data collected via QR code-linked web tool (Google Form)
- Single-centre
- Oct–Dec 2023; data collected via QR code-linked web tool (Google Form)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Airway management complications
Airway complications recorded
63
Overall incidence
3.4%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
| Outcome | Values | P value |
|---|---|---|
| Complications: emergency vs elective airway management (subgroup) | Emergency 5.4% · Elective 2.2% | P = 0.002 |
| Complications: outside theatres (ED, ICU, wards) vs theatre and remote sites (subgroup) | Outside theatres 16.2% · Theatre and remote sites 2.5% | P < 0.001 |
| Complications by location: wards vs ED vs ICU (subgroup) | Wards 31% · ED 16% · ICU 10.2% | P = 0.19 |
Original publication
Airway management complications: an audit from a large tertiary hospital: A single-centre study. Eur J Anaesthesiol Intensive Care. Published 26 February 2026. doi:10.
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