Tracheobronchial intubation using flexible bronchoscopy in children with Pierre Robin sequence: Nursing considerations for complications

Table 1 Demographic characteristics and postoperative complications of patients

Variable	PRS group (n = 105)	Control group (n = 108)	P value
Demographic characteristics
Age, mo (mean ± SD)	2.25 ± 0.36	2.91 ± 0.24	0.120
Male, n (%)	67 (63.8)	82 (75.9)	0.053
Weight, kg (mean ± SD)	3.85 ± 1.68	5.59 ± 1.76	< 0.001a
Success rate at first attempt (%)	93 (88.6)	106 (98.2)	0.005a
Total success rate (%)	105 (100)	108 (100)	< 0.999
Time-consuming of intubation (s) [M(Q1-Q3)]	31.0 (25-37)	21.0 (20-23)	< 0.001a
Number of intubation attempts [M(Q1–Q3)]	1 (1-1)	1 (1-1)	0.017a
Operative complications, n (%)	50 (47.6)	36 (33.3)	0.034a
Laryngeal edema, n (%)	7 (6.7)	1 (0.9)	0.034a
Epistaxis, n (%)	12 (11.4)	10 (9.3)	0.603
Bradycardia, n (%)	1 (1.0)	3 (2.8)	0.622
Bronchospasm, n (%)	13 (12.4)	6 (5.6)	0.095
Adverse drug reactions, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	< 0.999
Transitory pyrexia, n (%)1	3 (2.9)	6 (5.6)	0.499
Pneumothorax, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)	< 0.999
Hypoxaemia, n (%)	14 (13.3)	10 (9.3)	0.391

¹axillary temperature > 37.5C;

^aP < 0.05. PRS: Pierre Robin sequence.