CONSORT flow diagram.
airway trauma, cord cyst
ANGIONEUROTIC OEDEMA, RETROPHARYNGEAL ABSCESS, EPIGLOTTITIS, MACROGLOSSIA
Afterwards participants were randomized (by random number drawing) into two groups: Group N trained on normal airway scenarios up to a maximum of 40 minutes and group D trained instead on one normal and then three difficult airway scenarios (a retropharyngeal abscess, an epiglottic cyst, and a macroglossia). Each of the participants in group D had up to 10 minutes per scenario before being prompted to move to the next scenario (i.e. up to a total of 40 minutes). Completion times, ORSIMThe final step consisted of testing the participants on their fiberoptic difficult intubation skills by using one normal and four difficult scenarios (airway trauma, severe epiglottitis, false cord cyst and angioneurotic oedema). Each participant had to try to succeed once in a maximum of ten minutes for each scenario. Times, ORSIM