Table 4.
Blood on the devices of the intention-to-treat group
| |
all insertions |
successful insertions |
failureswithoutblood |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| blood inside | blood outside | blood inside | blood outside | ||
|
i-gel™ |
8% (n = 3) |
13% (n = 5) |
8% (3 of 36) |
14% (5 of 36) |
2 of 2 (100%) |
|
LMS-S |
8% (n = 3) |
13% (n = 5) |
3% (1 of 37) |
8% (3 of 37) |
0 of 2 (0%) |
|
LTS-D |
20% (n = 8) |
37.5% (n = 15) |
14% (4 of 28) |
35% (10 of 28) |
7 of 12 (58%) |
| p-value | = 0.132 | = 0.006 | = 0.216 | = 0.01 | |
LMA-S = LMA-Supreme™; LTS-D = Laryngeal Tube Suction-D.