Research Article

The Success Rate of Endotracheal Intubation in the Emergency Department of Tertiary Care Hospital in Ethiopia, One-Year Retrospective Study

Table 4

Immediate complications of intubations at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

ComplicationsRSI (n = 110), n (%)Non-RSI (n = 146), n (%)Total (%) (N = 256)

(SpO2) <93%,13 (11.8)19 (13.0)32 (12.5)
Hypotension6 (5.5)19 (13.0)25 (9.8)
Bradycardia<60/min3 (2.7)9 (6.2)12 (4.7)
Esophageal intubation5 (4.5)2 (1.4)7 (2.7)
Difficult intubation4 (3.6)1 (0.7)5 (1.9)
Laryngeal spasm1 (0.9)1 (0.7)2 (0.8)
Surgical airway(tracheostomy)0 (0)2 (1.4)2 (0.8)
Self-extubation1 (0.9)0 (0)1 (0.4)
Vomit appearing in the airway after inductionNot documentedNot documentedNot documented