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. 2014 May 7;2(2):E105–E110. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1365541

Table 2. Secondary outcome measures in the two groups.

Total Left lateral decubitus
(n = 106)
Supine
(n = 111)
P-value
Successful ileal intubation, n (%) 145 (66.8) 62 (58.5) 83 (74.8) 0.014
Depth of ileal intubation
(cm; mean ± SEM)
  8.4 ± 0.3  8.6 ± 0.4  8.2 ± 0.3 0.5
Time to ileal intubation
(s; median, range)
 74.0
(2 – 349)
84.5
(2 – 310)
71.0
(4 – 349)
0.3
Patient-perceived pain (%) 0.3
 Nil  93 90 95
 Present, not limiting   7 10  5
Adverse events (%)
 Hypoxia   2  2  2 1.0
 Tachycardia  16  9 22 0.015
 Bradycardia   0.5  1.0  0 0.5