Table 3.
Clinical outcomes and adverse events
| I-gel insertion time (s) | 38±7.8 | |||
| Traqueal intubation time (s) | 36±16 | |||
| I-gel insertion attempts n(%) | ||||
| 1 | 69 (81.1) | |||
| 2 | 16 (18.9) | |||
| 3 | 0 (0) | |||
| SpO2 (%) | t0 | t1 | t2 | t3 |
| 96.9±1.2 | 99.0±0.9 | 96.2±2.4 | 96.0±2.5 | |
| >90 n(%) | 85 (100) | 85 (100) | 82 (96.4) | 81 (95.3) |
| 85-90 n(%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (3.5) | 3 (3.5) |
| <85 n(%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.2) |
| Cough n(%) | 6 (7.1) | |||
| Hemodynamic parameters changes n(%) | ||||
| Heart rate >25% | 12 (14.1) | |||
| Mean arterial pressure >25% | 9 (10.5) | |||
| Bispectral index | t0 | t1 | t2 | t3 |
| 95±3 | 94±4 | 75±8 | 37±5 | |
| Bronchospasm | 0 | |||
| Laryngospasm | 0 | |||
| Bleeding | 0 | |||
| Airway injury (lips, teeth, palate, tongue, vocal cords) | 0 | |||
| Sore throat | 2 | |||
| Recall n(%) | 11 (12.9) | |||
| Visual analogue score | 2 (1-3) | |||
Values refer to mean±SD, n (%) and (IQR). t0=Arrival at operating room; t1=After face mask preoxygenation with 100% O2; t2=After i-gel insertion; t3=After intubation; SD=Standard deviation; IQR=Inter-quartile range