Table 3 Anesthetic outcomes of participants with either modified Mallampati scores of III/IV versus I/II while undergoing cesarean section under general anesthesia
Mallampati Score | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
III to IV | I to II | ||
Time to effective ventilation (s), mean (SD) | 14.9 (4.5) | 15.7 (4.4) | 0.2172 |
No. of insertion attempts of LMA > 1, n (%) | 1 (1.6%) | 9 (1.7%) | 0.6373 |
No. of insertion attempts of gastric tube, median [IQR] | 1 [1–1] | 1 [1–1] | 1.0000 |
Seal pressure (cmH2O), median [IQR] | 27 [26–31] | 27 [25–30] | 0.5811 |
Peak airway pressure (cmH2O), median [IQR] | 18 [16–23] | 18 [15–21] | 0.1134 |
Lowest SpO2 (%), median [IQR] | 99 [98–99] | 99 [98–99] | 0.5812 |
Baseline systolic blood pressure (mmHg), mean (SD) | 128.8 (15.7) | 121.8 (12.4) | 0.0001 |
Systolic blood pressure 2 min after induction (mmHg), mean (SD) | 126.9 (21.2) | 115.9 (17.3) | < 0.0001 |
Systolic blood pressure 5 min after induction (mmHg), mean (SD) | 111.9 (13.4) | 108.5 (14.6) | 0.0802 |
Baseline heart rate (beats/min), mean (SD) | 89.0 (12.0) | 87.4 (11.3) | 0.2866 |
Heart rate 2 min after induction (beats/min), mean (SD) | 94.0 (15.4) | 94.4 (17.2) | 0.8725 |
Heart rate 5 min after induction (beats/min), mean (SD) | 86.1 (13.1) | 88.4 (18.2) | 0.3481 |