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Table 1 Frequency of adverse effects (AE) during inhalation sedation observed for trainee and expert practitioners for each type of patient.

From: Evaluation of safe and effective administration of nitrous oxide after a postgraduate training course

  

Anxious adult or child

Preschool children

Intellectual disability

Stressful act

Total

Type of adverse effect

Practitioners

Sessions (n)

AE (%)

Sessions (n)

AE (%)

Sessions (n)

AE (%)

Sessions (n)

AE (%)

Sessions (n)

AE (%)

Respiratory

Trainee

291

0

143

0

262

8**

87

0

783

3*

 

Expert

139

0

30

0

202

0

1

0

372

0

Digestive

Trainee

292

4

143

1

261

9**

87

2

783

5

 

Expert

139

5

30

0

202

2

1

0

372

3

Neurological

Trainee

292

1

141

0

259

0

87

0

781

0

 

Expert

139

1

30

0

203

0

1

0

373

0

Behavioural

Trainee

292

1

142

3

266

12**

87

6

787

6*

 

Expert

139

1

30

7

202

2

1

0

372

2

Vaso-vagal

Trainee

292

1

143

1

263

10**

87

2

785

4**

 

Expert

139

1

30

0

202

0

1

0

372

1

Others

Trainee

291

1

143

0

254

7**

87

3

775

3

 

Expert

139

2

31

6

199

1

1

0

370

2

  1. Significant difference between the two groups: Fisher exact test: * p < 0.01, ** p < 0.001.