Does the experience level of the intubation operator affect outcomes related to pre-oxygenation with NIV versus an oxygen mask?  

Operator experience is certainly associated with first-pass success rate and time from induction of anesthesia to intubation, but this is not an interaction we specifically looked for in PREOXI. I will speculate along with you that since NIV improves pre-oxygenation and prolongs the time until desat...

From Gibbs et al., PMID 38869091, the experience level of the intubation operator does not appear to significantly affect outcomes related to pre-oxygenation with NIV versus an oxygen mask though this was not specifically commented on. The study primarily focuses on comparing the incidence of hypoxe...