Improving mucosal anesthesia for awake endotracheal intubation with a novel method: a prospective, assessor-blinded, randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Characteristic	Group N-AIC	Group S-AIC	P value
Age, Median (Quartile)	55 (48–61)	54.5 (44–60)	0.51^a
BMI, mean (SD)	24.02 (2.94)	23.78 (3.54)	0.77^b
Sex, Male (%)	16 (53.3)	17 (56.67)
ASA (I/II)	6/24	6/24
Surgical procedure
ESD (%)	25 (83.33)	25 (83.33)
POEM (%)	5 (16.67)	5 (16.67)
Duration of surgery (min), Median (Quartile)	63.5 (40–86)	62 (45–106)
Fluids infused (ml), Median (Quartile)	500 (446–500)	500 (400–500)

BMI Body mass index, ASA American Society of Anesthesiology, ESD Endoscopic submucosal dissection, POEM Peroral endoscopic myotomy, N-AIC Novel awake intubation care, S-AIC Standard awake intubation care
^a Two-sample t test. Chi-squared test
^b chi-squared test

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