| Direct laryngoscopy (n = 49) | Video laryngoscopy (n = 51) | p value |
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Primary outcome | |||
 First-pass success: % (95% CI) | 83.7 (95% CI 70.3–92.7) | 72.5 (95% CI 58.3–84.1) | 0.18* |
Secondary outcome | |||
 Time to intubate: seconds median (Q1-Q3), (95% CI) | 34 (25–46), (95% CI 29–39) | 43 (29–65), (95% CI 35–52) | 0.038° |
 Intubation Difficulty Score: median (Q1-Q3), (95% CI) | 1 (0–2), (95% CI 0–1) | 0 (0–1.5), (95% CI 0–1) | 0.13° |
 Complication rate‡: % (95% CI) | 6.1 (95% CI 1.3–16.9) | 7.8 (95% CI 2.2–18.9) | 0.74* |