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Table 2 Supraglottic airway device performance. Bonferroni correction was applied for multiple comparisons

From: Pediatric supraglottic airway devices in clinical practice: A prospective observational study

 

LMA-S™

Air-Q®

Aura-i™

p-value

 

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

  1. atest statistics: Chi square test;
  2. bstatistically different to Air-Q® and Aura-i™;
  3. ctest statistics: Fisher exact test;
  4. dstatistically different to Air-Q®;
  5. etest statistics: ANOVA;
  6. fstatistically different to LMA-S™ and Aura-i™;
  7. ggraded as very easy/easy/difficult/very difficult; data missing for 1 LMA-S™ and 1 Aura-i™; test statistics Fisher exact test;
  8. hfiberoptic view graded as 1: full view of the glottis, 2: partial view of the glottis, 3: only epiglottic structures seen, 4: no glottic/epiglottic structures visible [17], test statistics: Fisher exact test;
  9. itest statistics: Chi square test, data missing for 2 LMA-S™ and 1 Air-Q®