The novel intubating laryngeal tube (iLTS-D) is comparable to the intubating laryngeal mask (Fastrach) – a prospective randomised manikin study

Table 2 ‘Time to tracheal ventilation’ in seconds using the tracheal tube

trial	T 1		T 2		T 3		T 4
device	Fastrach	iLTS-D	Fastrach	iLTS-D	Fastrach	iLTS-D	Fastrach	iLTS-D
median	19.0	19.0	15.0	16.0	14.0	15.0	14.0	14.0
minimum	9	10	10	9	10	10	9	9
maximum	52	60	29	60	33	60	50	42
IQR	16.0-24.75	16.0-22.75	12.25-17.0	14.0-19.0	12.0-16.0	13.0-17.75	12.0-16.5	12.0-17.0
p-value	0.72		0.03		0.04		0.16

Time points: consecutive trials 1, 2, 3, 4; median, minimum, maximum, upper and lower quartile of ‘time to ventilation’ for the particular instrument displayed as boxplot; after trials 1, 2, and 3, there was no difference in ‘time to ventilation’ for the tracheal tube inserted through the Fastrach and the iLTS-D in trial 4 (Fastrach: median: 14.0 s., iLTS-D: 14.0 s., p = 0.16)

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