Table 1.
Success rates of laryngeal tubes in in-hospital airway management by physicians.
| Authors | Study | Device | Healthcare provider | n | FPIS | OPIS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [n, (%)] | 95% CI | [n, (%)] | 95% CI | |||||
| Ratajczyk et al., 2013 [48] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 30 | 27, 90.0 | 79.3%–100.0% | NS | — |
| Ozgul et al., 2013 [47] | p, in-hospital, elective | LTS II | Physicians | 80 | 75, 93.8 | 88.4%–99.1% | 80, 100.0 | 96.4%–100.0% |
| Russo et al., 2012 [50] | p, in-hospital, elective | LTS-D | Physicians | 40 | 21, 52.5 | 37.0%–68.0% | 28, 70.0 | 55.8%–84.2% |
| Esa et al., 2011 [35] | p, in-hospital, elective | LTS II | Physicians | 27 | 24, 88.9 | 77.0%–100.0% | 27, 100.0 | 89.6%–100.0% |
| Schalk et al., 2011 [51] | p, in-hospital, elective | LTS-D | Physicians | 105 | NS | — | 84, 80.0 | 72.3%–87.7% |
| Amini et al., 2010 [23] | p, in-hospital, elective | LTS-D/LTS II | Physicians | 60 | 54, 90.0 | 82.4%–97.6% | 58, 96.0 | 92.1%–100.0% |
| Thee et al., 2010 [52] | p, in-hospital, elective | LTS-D/LTS II | Physicians | 60 | 57, 95.0 | 89.5%–100.0% | 59, 98.3 | 95.1%–100.0% |
| Klaver et al., 2007 [42] | p, in-hospital, elective | LTS | Physicians | 82 | 56, 68.0 | 58.2%–78.4% | NS | — |
| Cavus et al., 2009 [29] | p, in-hospital, elective | LTS | Physicians | 22 | 18, 82.0 | 65.7%–97.9% | 21, 96.0 | 86.8%–100.0% |
| Kikuchi et al., 2008 [41] | p, in-hospital, elective | LTS II | Physicians | 50 | 30, 60.0 | 46.4%–73.6% | 37, 74.0 | 61.8%–86.2% |
| Zand et al., 2007 [56] | p, in-hospital, elective | LTS | Physicians | 50 | 43, 86.0 | 76.4%–95.6% | 49, 98.0 | 94.1%–100.0% |
| Yildiz et al., 2007 [55] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 66 | 56, 84.8 | 76.2%–93.5% | 66, 100.0 | 95.6%–100.0% |
| Genzwuerker et al., 2007 [39] | p, in-hospital, elective | LTS II | Physicians | 50 | 44, 88.0 | 79.0%–97.0% | 48, 96.0 | 90.6%–100.0% |
| Amini et al., 2007 [22] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT-D, LT-R | Physicians | 100 | 93, 93.0 | 88.0%–98.0% | 98, 98.0 | 95.3%–100.0% |
| Mihai et al., 2007 [44] | p, in-hospital, elective | LTS II | Physicians | 100 | 71, 71.0 | 62.1%–79.9% | 100, 100.0 | 97.1%–100.0% |
| Noor Zairul and Khairul Faizi, 2006 [45] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 20 | 20, 100.0 | 86.1%–100.0% | 20, 100.0 | 86.1%–100.0% |
| Turan et al., 2006 [53] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 30 | 21, 69.0 | 53.6%–86.4% | 23, 76.0 | 61.5%–91.8% |
| Bein et al., 2005 [27] | p, in-hospital, elective | LTS | Physicians | 30 | 28, 93.3 | 84.4%–100.0% | 30, 100.0 | 90.6%–100.0% |
| Cook and Cranshaw, 2005 [30] | p, in-hospital, elective | LTS | Physicians | 32 | 22, 68.8 | 52.7%–84.8% | NS | — |
| Roth et al., 2005 [49] | p, in-hospital, elective | LTS | Physicians | 25 | 23, 92.0 | 81.4%–100.0% | 25, 100.0 | 88.8%–100.0% |
| Komatsu et al., 2005 [43] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 51 | 16, 31.4 | 18.6%–44.1% | 42, 82.4 | 71.9%–92.8% |
| Gaitini et al., 2004 [38] | p, in-hospital, elective | LTS | Physicians | 75 | 60, 80.0 | 70.9%–89.1% | 71, 94.7 | 89.6%–99.8% |
| Wrobel et al., 2004 [54] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 50 | 45, 90.0 | 81.7%–98.3% | 47, 94.0 | 87.4%–100.0% |
| Figueredo et al., 2003 [36] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 35 | 18, 51.0 | 34.9%–68.0% | 24, 97.0 | 53.2%–84.0% |
| Cook et al., 2003 [31] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 32 | NS | — | 30, 93.8 | 85.4%–100.0% |
| Cook et al., 2003 [32] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 36 | 31, 86.1 | 74.8%–97.4% | 35, 97.2 | 91.9%–100.0% |
| Genzwürker et al., 2003 [40] | p, in-hospital, elective | LTS | Physicians | 30 | 27, 90.0 | 79.3%–100.0% | 29, 96.7 | 90.2%–100.0% |
| Gaitini et al., 2003 [37] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 175 | 159, 94.0 | 86.6%–95.1% | 169, 96.6 | 93.9%–99.3% |
| Asai et al., 2003 [26] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 100 | 90, 90.0 | 84.1%–95.9% | 97, 97.0 | 93.7%–100.0% |
| Dörges et al., 2003 [33] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 32 | 32, 100.0 | 91.1%–100.0% | 32, 100.0 | 91.1%–100.0% |
| Figueredo et al., 2003 [36] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 35 | 18, 51.0 | 34.9%–68.0% | 34, 97.0 | 91.6%–100.0% |
| Ocker et al., 2002 [46] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 25 | 25, 100.0 | 88.8%–100.0% | 25, 100.0 | 88.8%–100.0% |
| Brimacombe et al., 2002 [28] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 60 | 52, 87.0 | 78.1%–95.3% | 55, 92.0 | 84.7%–98.7% |
| Asai et al., 2002 [24] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 22 | 19, 86.4 | 72.0%–100.0% | 21, 95.5 | 86.8%–100.0% |
| Asai et al., 2000 [25] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 50 | 47, 94.0 | 87.4%–100.0% | NS | — |
| Dörges et al., 2000 [34] | p, in-hospital, elective | LT | Physicians | 30 | 30, 100.0 | 90.6%–100.0% | 30, 100.0 | 90.6%–100.0% |
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| Cumulative sum (n) | 1897 | 1452/1760 | 1594/1703 | |||||
| (%) | 82.5 | 80.7%–84.3% | 93.6 | 92.4%–94.8% | ||||
NS: not stated; p: prospective; r: retrospective; elective: nonemergency patient; FPIS: first-pass insertion success; OPIS: overall-pass insertion success.
If the success rate was 100%, it was assumed that the lower confidence interval (CI) was reached and that the next attempt would fail.