Blind bedside postpyloric placement of spiral tube as rescue therapy in critically ill patients: a prospective, tricentric, observational study

Table 2 The primary endpoint and secondary efficacy endpoints

Endpoints	Value in total study sample (n = 127)
Primary endpoint
Postpyloric placement^a	104 (81.9)
Secondary endpoints
Placed at D3^b or beyond	70 (55.1)
Placed at the proximal jejunum	43 (33.9)
Time to insertion, min	14 (10–15)
Number of attempts	1.4 ± 0.6
Length of insertion, cm	95.6 ± 9.3

Quantitative variables are presented as mean ± SD or median (IQR) as appropriate and qualitative variables as numbers (percentage)
^aPostpyloric placement, reaching the first portion of the duodenum or beyond
^bD3 is the third portion of the duodenum

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