A "third-rate burglary attempt," President Richard Nixon's press secretary said, attempting to dismiss its importance — but it led to the resignation of Nixon 26 months later, after the House had begun the process of impeaching him.
But when it delivers, this story of a third-rate travelling troupe's attempt to stage an appallingly unfunny farce is theatrical bliss, with its catalogue of missed cues, falling scenery, and backstage squabbles.
"It looks like some third-rate 1970s attempt at soft porn," bristled the Herald Sun in 2012 after one controversial line of T-shirts spruiked by Franklin started to appear on the radar of talkback radio hosts and columnists.
Three studies report that a third insertion attempt increased overall success rate by more than 5%; however, one was conducted with operators who had minimal experience, and the other two used the Baska® mask (Baska Versatile Laryngeal Mask, Pty Ltd ,Strathfield, NSW, Australia).
The Panta Nail resulted in a first-attempt fusion rate of 65% at the ankle and subtalar joints.
Administration of amiodarone was withheld in favour of a course of acupuncture treatment in order to increase the success rate of a second attempt of electrical cardioversion.
These same authors reported a 96.8% total success rate when using this device in the prehospital setting, with a first-attempt insertion success rate of 78.3% [ 18].
Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials [ 32- 42] indicates that, compared with the landmark-guided technique, real-time ultrasound guided venipuncture of the internal jugular vein has a higher first insertion attempt success rate, reduced access time, higher overall successful cannulation rate, and decreased rates of arterial puncture (Category A1 evidence).
For patients with one or more DACs, VL demonstrated a higher first attempt success rate than DL (Table 2).
There is additional weak level 3 evidence (case series) for a high first attempt success rate with use of the Bonfils and Pentax AWS in this setting.
We analyzed the overall success rate (succeeded within two attempts), success rate on first attempt, failure rate, and the duration of insertion time in both groups.
