From: Pediatric supraglottic airway devices in clinical practice: A prospective observational study
LMA-S™ | Air-Q® | Aura-i™ | p-value | |
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n = 80 | n = 80 | n = 80 | ||
First attempt success: number (%); [95% CI]a | 80 (100); [95 to 100]b | 72 (90); [79 to 95] | 73 (91); [81 to 96] | 0.02 |
Overall success: number (%); [95% CI]c | 80 (100); [95 to 100]d | 73 (91); [81 to 96] | 76 (95); [87 to 99] | 0.02 |
n = 80 | n = 73 | n = 76 | ||
Leak pressure - cmH2O: mean (SD); [95% CI]e | 18.0 (3.4); [17.2 to 18.7] | 15.9 (3.2); [15.1 to 16.6]f | 17.3 (3.7); [16.4 to 18.1] | <0.001 |
Number of attempts 1/2/3: number (%)c | 80/0/0 (100/0/0) | 72/1/0 (99/1/0) | 73/2/1 (96/3/1) | 0.28 |
Ease of insertion: number (%)g | 77/2/0/0 (97/3/0/0)b | 51/21/1/0 (70/29/1/0) | 54/15/6/0 (72/20/8/0) | <0.001 |
Insertion time - seconds: mean (SD); [95% CI]e | 24 (6); [23–25]d | 20 (7); [19–22] | 22 (7); [20–24] | 0.005 |
n = 68 | n = 45 | n = 51 | ||
Fiberoptic view: number (%)h | 27/29/10/2 (40/43/15/3) | 26/14/4/1 (58/31/9/2) | 22/24/5/0 (43/47/10/0) | 0.41 |
Epiglottic downfolding: number (%)i | 11 (17) | 5 (11) | 5 (10) | 0.51 |