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Table 1 Participant performance

From: Equivalence of the top-down manoeuvre and bottom-up manoeuvre in speed and accuracy of identifying the cricothyroid membrane: a prospective randomised cross-over study

 

Top-down manoeuvre

Bottom-up manoeuvre

p-value

Success, N (%)

67/102 (65.7)

72/102 (70.6)

0.55

Time required, s Median (IQR)

14.0 (10.0–19.0)

16.0 (11.5–21.3)

0.06

 

N = 102

N = 102

 

Time required for success, s Median (IQR)

13.8 (9.4–17.5)

15.5 (11.5–19.9)

0.15

 

N = 67

N = 72

 
  1. IQR: interquartile range. P-values were calculated using Fisher’s exact test or the Mann − Whitney U test.
  2. “Time required” summarises the time taken by all participants. On the other hand, “Time required for success” summarises the time taken by successful participants only.
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BMC Emergency Medicine

ISSN: 1471-227X

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