Table 1.
Patients’ characteristics split according to position of tube and method of assessment of position of tube. Figures are means (SD)
| Method of assessment* of position | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auscultation | Observation | Depth | All three | |
| Bronchial position† | ||||
| Men | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| Women | 10 | 10 | 14 | 18 |
| Age (year): | ||||
| Men | 55 (23) | 65 (5) | 61 (5) | 54 (3) |
| Women | 40 (11) | 38 (14) | 42 (16) | 37 (11) |
| Weight (kg): | ||||
| Men | 80 (20) | 88 (16) | 100 (25) | 90 (10) |
| Women | 67 (21) | 68 (15) | 63 (16) | 65 (15) |
| Height (cm): | ||||
| Men | 171 (12) | 175 (8) | 173 (9) | 180 (12) |
| Women | 162 (5) | 163 (7) | 159 (12) | 165 (8) |
| Tracheal position‡ | ||||
| Men | 0 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| Women | 20 | 16 | 18 | 12 |
| Age (year): | ||||
| Men | 0 | 58 (8) | 66 (4) | 56 (7) |
| Women | 44 (15) | 45 (15) | 46 (18) | 40 (14) |
| Weight (kg): | ||||
| Men | 0 | 90 (14) | 90 (4) | 104 (24) |
| Women | 70 (14) | 72 (15) | 68 (13) | 66 (15) |
| Height (cm): | ||||
| Men | 0 | 176 (4) | 180 (7) | 183 (9) |
| Women | 167 (5) | 167 (5) | 163 (4) | 169 (6) |
*Bilateral auscultation of chest (auscultation); observation of symmetrical chest movements (observation); checking cm scale (depth); or combination of all three (all three).
†Tube placed in right main stem bronchus.
‡Tube placed 2.5-4 cm above carina..