RESUMO
We studied 128 patients undergoing nasal intubation to see whether the nostril side used influenced peri-operative nasal complications. In the apparently normal nostril, there is no significant difference between either nostril in difficulty of intubation (p > 0.8). Similarly, there is no significant difference in the incidence of bleeding at intubation (p > 0.2), at extubation (p > 0.5) and once the patient has returned to recovery (p > 0.1). Postoperative nostril patency is also similar between groups (p > 0.85).
Assuntos
Complicações Intraoperatórias/etiologia , Intubação Intratraqueal/métodos , Nariz/anatomia & histologia , Adulto , Distribuição de Qui-Quadrado , Epistaxe/etiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Modelos Logísticos , Masculino , Obstrução Nasal/etiologia , Estatísticas não ParamétricasRESUMO
Four observers estimated the weight and height of 38 patients who were lying covered on operating theatre trolleys. Regression analysis of the results was performed for each observer. The results showed marked variation in ability to assess these characteristics accurately.