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