Clinical Study
Achieving the Recommended Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure: A Randomized Control Study Comparing Loss of Resistance Syringe to Pilot Balloon Palpation
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of patients.
| | Variable | Pilot balloon palpation (n = 89) | Loss of resistance (n = 89) | Total N = 178 | value |
| | Age group (years) | | Mean (sd, min-max) | 42.3 (15.6, 19–89) | 42.6 (15.2, 18–78) | — | 0.19 | | Sex, n (%) | | Female | 62 (69.7) | 74 (83.1) | 136 (76.4) | 0.034 | | Male | 27 (30.3) | 15 (16.9) | 42 (23.6) | — | | ETT size in mm, n (%) | | 6.5 | 7 (7.9) | 9 (10.1) | 16 (8.99) | — | | 7.0 | 38 (42.7) | 34 (38.2) | 72 (40.45) | — | | 7.5 | 33 (37) | 45 (50.6) | 78 (43.82) | 0.028 | | 8.0 | 6 (6.7) | 1 (1.1) | 7 (3.93) | — | | 8.5 | 5 (5.7) | 0 (0) | 5 (2.81) | — | | Duration of intubation in hrs, n (%) | | ≤1 | 28 (31.2) | 17 (19.1) | 45 (25.3) | — | | 1-2 | 42 (47.2) | 46 (51.7) | 88 (49.4) | — | | >2 | 19 (21.6) | 26 (29.2) | 45 (25.3) | 0.14 | | Provider level, n (%) | | Resident | 28 (31.5) | 72 (80.9) | 100 (56.2) | — | | AO | 51 (57.3) | 10 (11.2) | 61 (34.3) | — | | AO students | 2 (2.2) | 3 (3.4) | 5 (2.8) | — | | Anesthesiologist | 8 (9.0) | 4 (4.5) | 12 (6.7) | — |
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Anesthesiology resident, anesthetic officer.
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