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Table 1

From: The insecure airway: a comparison of knots and commercial devices for securing endotracheal tubes

Device

N

Median Total Movement (Min, Max) at 6 jerks

P-Value for Comparison with Dale at 6 jerks

Median Total Movement (Min, Max) at 15 jerks

P-Value for Comparison with Dale at 15 jerks

(A)

Dale

5

0.25 (0.00, 1.00)

-

0.50 (0.00, 1.25)

-

Comfit

4

1.75 (1.50, 13.25)

0.016*

2.00 (1.50, 26.00)

0.016*

Stabiltube

5

3.00 (2.25, 3.50)

0.008

3.75 (2.50, 6.00)

0.008

ETAD

6

25.75 (23.25, 26.75)

0.004

25.75 (23.25, 26.75)

0.004

Tube Restraint

5

5.00 (0.00, 6.50)

0.095*

9.50 (7.00, 19.50)

0.008

ThomasST

8

2.88 (1.50, 25.50)

0.002

7.63 (3.75, 27.00)

0.002

(B)

Dale

5

2.00 (1.75, 2.75)

-

3.00 (2.50, 3.50)

-

Comfit

5

16.00 (6.00, 26.50)

0.008

26.25 (8.50, 26.50)

0.008

Stabiltube

5

25.50 (25.25, 26.75)

0.008

25.50 (25.25, 26.75)

0.008

Tube Restraint

3

23.25 (7.25, 25.50)

0.036*

23.25 (10.25, 25.50)

0.036*

  1. Part (A)
  2. Testing of commercial devices at 2.5 lbs.
  3. Differences among all devices significant (p < 0.01 for both 6 jerks and 15 jerks)
  4. P-Value ≤ 0.010 considered significant for paired comparisons. * = not significant
  5. Part (B)
  6. Testing of commercial devices at 5 lbs.
  7. Differences among all devices significant (p = 0.01 for both 6 jerks and 15 jerks)
  8. P-Value ≤ 0.017 considered significant for paired comparisons. * = not significant