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Annals of Intensive Care

Table 2 Comparing the outcomes of interest between 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

Variables

NFLP

SORT

P

NGT insertion

 Successful

185 (92.5%)

192 (97.0%)

0.046

 Failed

15 (7.5%)

6 (3.0%)

 

Complications

 

 Absence

128 (64.0%)

136 (68.7%)

 

 Bleeding

11 (5.5%)

6 (3.0%)

 

 Kinking

17 (8.5%)

22 (11.0%)

0.242

 Coiling

23 (11.5%)

23 (11.6%)

 

 Multiple

21 (10.5%)

11 (5.6%)

 

Ease of insertion

 I

34 (17.0%)

178 (89.9%)

< 0.001

 II

130 (65.0%)

14 (7.1%)

 

 III

25 (12.5%)

2 (1.0%)

 

 IV

11 (5.5%)

4 (2.0%)

 
  1. NFLP: neck flexion lateral pressure; SORT: sniffing position, NGT orientation, contralateral rotation, and twisting movement
  2. Ease of insertion:
  3. I: successful insertion in less than 50 s and in first attempt
  4. II: successful insertion in 1st attempt with more than 50 s, or in 2nd attempts with less than 100 s
  5. III: successful insertion in 2nd attempts with more than 100 s, or in 3 attempts
  6. IV: failure
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