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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients assigned to the study groups

From: A comparison of nasogastric tube insertion by SORT maneuver (sniffing position, NGT orientation, contralateral rotation, and twisting movement) versus neck flexion lateral pressure in critically ill patients admitted to ICU: a prospective randomized clinical trial

Variable

NFLP (n = 200)

SORT (n = 196)

P

Age (years)

58.5 (24.0)

52.0 (30.0)

0.008

Weight (kg)

70.4 ± 6.0

70.9 ± 7.7

0.469

Sex

0.370

 Male

119 (59.5%)

109 (55.1%)

 

 Female

81 (40.5%)

89 (44.9%)

 

BMI

26.9 ± 3.2

26.1 ± 3.3

0.012

Mallampati score

0.621

 I

59 (36.4%)

70 (41.9%)

 

 II

83 (51.2%)

82 (49.1%)

 

 III

18 (11.1%)

13 (7.8%)

 

 IV

2 (1.2%)

2 (1.2%)

 

Comorbidities

0.820

 Diabetes mellitus

65 (32.5%)

60 (30.6%)

 

 Hypertension

43 (21.5%)

40 (20.4%)

 

 Ischemic heart dis

63 (31.5%)

59 (30.1%)

 

 Kidney dis

10 (5.0%)

11 (5.6%)

 

 Without comorbidity

19 (9.5%)

26 (13.2%)

 

Admission type

0.882

 Post op

86 (43.0%)

89 (45.4%)

 

 Trauma

48 (24.0%)

46 (23.5%)

 

 Medical

66 (33.0%)

61 (31.1%)

 

APACHE

22.7 ± 4.5

22.1 ± 4.7

0.195

SOFA

12.3 ± 2.1

12.5 ± 2.4

0.377

RRT

15 (7.6%)

13 (6.5%)

0.669

Vasopressor use

33 (16.83%)

35 (17.5%)

0.860

MV duration

10.85 ± 2.34

11.36 ± 2.71

0.046

ICU LOS

15.34 ± 3.21

15.85 ± 3.62

0.139

Death rate

13 (6.63%)

14 (7.14%)

0.841

  1. NFLP: neck flexion lateral pressure; SORT: sniffing position, NGT orientation, contralateral rotation, and twisting movement; APACHE: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; SOFA: sequential organ failure assessment; MV duration: mechanical ventilation duration; ICU LOS: intensive care unit length of stay