Pediatric anesthesia & critical care
Paediatric difficult intubations and the impact of timing of weekend versus weekday cases: an analysis of the Pediatric Difficult Intubation registry
Main finding · Any complicationResult — go to the resultOdds ratio 2.13 95% CI 1.49–3.07Study context
- Population
- Paediatric difficult intubation cases, Pediatric Difficult Intubation registry, June 8, 2012 to May 9, 2023
- Participants
- 8,031 cases
- Exposure
- Weekend vs weekday paediatric difficult intubations
- Weekendn = 285
- Weekdayn = 7,746reference
- Outcome
- Complication rates for paediatric difficult intubation cases on a weekend vs a weekday
Methodological detailsmulticentre registry
- Multicentre registry
Main finding
Any complication
Odds ratio
2.13
95% CI 1.49–3.07
P < 0.0001
Weekend vs Weekday
OR 2.13 (95% CI 1.49–3.07); P < 0.0001
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Paediatric difficult intubations and the impact of timing of weekend versus weekday cases: an analysis of the Pediatric Difficult Intubation registry. Br J Anaesth. Published 19 August 2025. doi:10.
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