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Table 2 Patient airway management data

From: Comparison of Airtraq™ video-laryngoscope and Macintosh laryngoscope for tracheal intubation in adults—a randomised study

 

Group A (n = 25)

Group M (n = 25)

P value

Intubation timea (s)

45 (27–77)

24 (21–26)

0.005*

POGO scoreb (> 75%: < 75%)

24:1

24:1

1.000

Cormack-Lehane (CL) gradeb (I:II)

24:1

24:1

1.000

Ease of intubationb (easy to satisfactory to difficult)

22:2:1

23:2:0

1.000

Number of intubationb attempts (1:2)

22:3

25:0

0.235

  1. *P < 0.05 = significant
  2. aValues are expressed as median (IQR)
  3. bValues are expressed as ratio