Clinical Study

Intubation Success through I-Gel® and Intubating Laryngeal Mask Airway® Using Flexible Silicone Tubes: A Randomised Noninferiority Trial

Table 3

Bootstrapped mean (95% CI) for device insertion and intubation parameters.

VariableGroup G ()
BS mean (95% CI)
Group I ()
BS mean (95% CI)
value (sig < 0.05)

Number of SGA attempts1.20 (1.07; 1.36)1.04 (1.00; 1.08)0.088
Ease of insertion1.40 (1.22; 1.60)1.24 (1.14; 1.35)0.180
Ease of intubation1.66 (1.43; 1.89)1.31 (1.19; 1.46)0.023
Time to SGA placement (min)10.27 (9.07; 11.65)9.60 (8.80; 10.44)0.418
Time to intubation (min)13.39 (11.41; 15.39)10.11 (8.76; 11.53)0.012
Number of intubation attempts1.51 (1.29; 1.76)1.31 (1.17; 1.48)0.191

SGA: supraglottic airway device; indicates .