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Table 4 Blood on the devices of the intention-to-treat group

From: Randomized comparison of the i-gel™, the LMA Supreme™, and the Laryngeal Tube Suction-D using clinical and fibreoptic assessments in elective patients

 

all insertions

successful insertions

failureswithoutblood

 

blood inside

blood outside

blood inside

blood outside

 

i-gel™

8% (n = 3)

13% (n = 5)

8% (3 of 36)

14% (5 of 36)

2 of 2 (100%)

LMS-S

8% (n = 3)

13% (n = 5)

3% (1 of 37)

8% (3 of 37)

0 of 2 (0%)

LTS-D

20% (n = 8)

37.5% (n = 15)

14% (4 of 28)

35% (10 of 28)

7 of 12 (58%)

p- value

= 0.132

= 0.006

= 0.216

= 0.01

 
  1. LMA-S = LMA-Supreme™; LTS-D = Laryngeal Tube Suction-D.