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 |