In multivariate analysis, presence of soft palate swelling (OR 4; p¼0.03) and base of tongue edema (OR 4.5; p¼0.02) increased the likelihood of supraglottic or glottic edema on exam. However, there was no significant correlation between lip swelling (r¼ -0.09 ), soft palate swelling (r¼0.3), anterior tongue swelling (r¼0.18), floor of mouth swelling (r¼0.32) or base of tongue swelling (r¼0.39) with supraglottic or glottic swelling.Conclusion: This is a large study of patients with AAIA who underwent fiberoptic exams. Our study suggests that a significant portion of patients without upper aerodigestive tract swelling may still have supraglottic or glottic swelling. Since supraglottic and/or glottic swelling is considered a significant risk factor for predicting airway interventions, physicians should not use absence of upper aerodigestive tract swelling to reliably predict absence of supraglottic and/or glottic swelling.
Results: Collected data is a combination of qualitative and quantitative data points including size of hospital, rural/urban status of hospital, religious affiliation of hospital, academic vs. nonacademic hospital, availability of emergency contraception, and sexual assault services. Analysis will include comparing if emergency contraception is available without restrictions, available with restrictions, or unavailable, and if valid or invalid referrals to another facility are obtained. Results will also be compared with the 2005 national availability of emergency contraception in emergency departments as studied in Availability of Emergency Contraception: A Survey of Hospital Emergency Department Staff (Teresa Harrison, 2005). Conclusions: Pending data analysis. Results of this study will provide insight into reasonable accessibility of emergency contraception in emergency departments around the country; this information will be of particular use given the changing legal landscape surrounding pregnancy and abortion in the United States.
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