We interviewed Tanner Smida in episode 69 about his very interesting paper using the ESO dataset looking at the association between survival from out of hospital cardiac arrest and type of SGA used (iGel vs KingLT). He found 36% higher odds of survival with iGel.
The ink was barely dry on that paper before he published a follow up paper looking at the same association but with a different dataset, this time CARES, and national US registry of OHCA.
Citations:
1. Smida T, Menegazzi J, Scheidler J, Martin PS, Salcido D, Bardes J. A retrospective comparison of the King Laryngeal Tube and iGel supraglottic airway devices: a study for the CARES surveillance group. Resuscitation. Published online April 2023:109812. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2023.109812
2. Smida T, Menegazzi J, Crowe R, Scheidler J, Salcido D, Bardes J. A Retrospective Nationwide Comparison of the iGel and King Laryngeal Tube Supraglottic Airways for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation. Prehospital Emergency Care. Published online January 18, 2023:1-13. doi:10.1080/10903127.2023.2169422See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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