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. 2016 Jul 10;2016:7318595. doi: 10.1155/2016/7318595

Table 2.

Device insertion and intubation parameters.

Variable Group G (n = 60)
Median (95% CI)
Group I (n = 60)
Median (95% CI)
p value (sig < 0.05)
Number of SGA attempts 1.00 (1.19; 2.01) 1.00 (1.22; 1.98) 0.171
Ease of SGA insertion 1.00 (1.05; 1.75) 1.00 (1.01; 1.39) 0.755
Time to SGA placement 9.28 (7.99; 13.25) 8.50 (7.54; 10.86) 0.860
Ease of intubation 2.00 (1.41; 1.91) 1.00 (1.17; 1.46) 0.017
Intubation success 58.3% (n = 35) 90% (n = 54) 0.000
Time to intubation 16.10 (13.49; 18.84) 7.90 (7.81; 13.87) 0.007
Number of intubation attempts 1.00 (0.94; 1.33) 1.00 (0.95; 1.15) 0.027
Attempts at intubation; number (percentage)
 One 22 (36.67) 41 (68.3) 0.001
 Two 8 (13.33) 9 (15.0)
 Three 5 (8.3) 4 (6.67)
VAS 0 1.00 (0.36; 1.37) 1.00 (1.04; 2.16) 0.833
Dysphagia 0 1.00 (0.92; 1.21) 1.00 (1.04; 1.46) 0.853
VAS 24 0.00 (−0.03; 0.43) 0.50 (0.28; 0.92) 0.052
Dysphagia 24 0.00 (−0.03; 0.15) 0.00 (−0.02; 0.06) 0.299

SGA: supraglottic airway device; VAS: visual analogue scale; indicates p < 0.05.