PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hodgson, Kate Alison
AU  - Selvakumaran, Sharoan
AU  - Francis, Kate Louise
AU  - Owen, Louise S
AU  - Newman, Sophie E
AU  - Kamlin, Camille Omar Farouk
AU  - Donath, Susan
AU  - Roberts, Calum T
AU  - Davis, Peter G
AU  - Manley, Brett James
TI  - Predictors of successful neonatal intubation in inexperienced operators: a secondary, non-randomised analysis of the SHINE trial
AID  - 10.1136/archdischild-2024-327081
DP  - 2025 Jan 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
PG  - 75--78
VI  - 110
IP  - 1
4099  - http://fn.bmj.com/content/110/1/75.short
4100  - http://fn.bmj.com/content/110/1/75.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed2025 Jan 01; 110
AB  - Objective Neonatal endotracheal intubation is a lifesaving but technically difficult procedure, particularly for inexperienced operators. This secondary analysis in a subgroup of inexperienced operators of the Stabilization with nasal High flow during Intubation of NEonates randomised trial aimed to identify the factors associated with successful intubation on the first attempt without physiological stability of the infant.Methods In this secondary analysis, demographic factors were compared between infants intubated by inexperienced operators and those intubated by experienced operators. Following this, for inexperienced operators only, predictors of successful intubation without physiological instability were analysed.Results A total of 251 intubations in 202 infants were included in the primary intention-to-treat analysis of the main trial. Inexperienced operators were more likely to perform intubations in larger and more mature infants in the neonatal intensive care unit where premedications were used. When intubations were performed by inexperienced operators, the use of nasal high flow therapy (nHF) and a higher starting fraction of inspired oxygen were associated with a higher rate of safe, successful intubation on the first attempt. There was a weaker association between premedication use and first attempt success.Conclusions In inexperienced operators, this secondary, non-randomised analysis suggests that the use of nHF and premedications, and matching the operator to the infant and setting, may be important to optimise neonatal intubation success.Trial registration number ACTRN12618001498280.Data are available upon reasonable request. The deidentified data that support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to privacy or ethical restrictions. Proposals must undergo review by the Trial Steering Committee of the SHINE trial. Data will be made available for researchers who provide a methodologically sound research proposal as determined by the Trial Steering Committee following Human Research Ethics Committee review and receipt of a signed data access agreement.