Intubation Success through I-Gel® and Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway® Using Flexible Silicone Tubes: A Randomised Noninferiority Trial

Table 2

Device insertion and intubation parameters.

Variable	Group G (); Median (95% CI)	Group I (); Median (95% CI)	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% ()	90% ()	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 ; 0.43)	0.50 (0.28; 0.92)	0.052
Dysphagia 24	0.00 (; 0.15)	0.00 (; 0.06)	0.299

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