Usefulness of applying lidocaine in esophagogastroduodenoscopy performed under sedation with propofol

Table 5 Distribution of complications between groups

	Lidocaine	Placebo	Diff1	P
Complications	32.2 (21.6-45.0)	26.7 (17.0-39.0)	1.2 (0.7-2.1)	0.50
Desaturation	57.1 (25.0-84.2)	54.5 (38.0-70.1)	1.0 (0.5-2.1)	0.90
Hypotension	63.6 (42.9-80.3)	66.6 (43.6-84.0)	0.95 (0.6-1.5)	0.80
Bradycardia	13.6 (3.9-34.2)	25.0 (6.3-55.9)	0.5 (0.1-2.7)	0.46
Aspiration	0 (0-17.4)	5.5 (0-27.6)	-	0.26
Bronchospasm	9.0 (1.3-29.0)	0 (0-20.7)	-	0.19

¹Differences are expressed as RR with their respective CIs. Variables are expressed as percentage with 95%CI. The complication subcategories report incidence in relation to total complications.