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Table 3 Odds ratio of paralytic agent administration in the patients with difficult airway predictors

From: Difficult airway predictors were associated with decreased use of neuromuscular blocking agents in emergency airway management: a retrospective cohort study in Thailand

Difficult airway predictors

Paralytic agents

Odds Ratio (95%CI)

Yes

No

Crude

Adjusted*

LEMON (n = 57)

26 (45.6%)

31 (54.4%)

0.46 (0.25–0.85)

0.46 (0.24–0.87)

Without LEMON (n = 163)

105 (64.4%)

58 (35.6%)

  

MOANS (n = 178)

102 (57.3%)

76 (42.7%)

0.6 (0.29–1.23)

0.53 (0.24–1.15)

Without MOANS (n = 42)

29 (69.1%)

13 (30.9%)

  

MONS (n = 77)

37 (48%)

40 (52%)

0.48 (0.27–0.85)

0.37 (0.2–0.7)

Without MONS (n = 143)

94 (65.7%)

49 (34.3%)

  
  1. *adjusted for device used and operator experience