Table 2 Management of the patients with difficult airway predictors
Management | All patients (n = 220) | Without LEMON (n = 163) | With LEMON* (n = 57) | p- value | Without MOANS (n = 42) | With MOANS** (n = 178) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sniffing position | 171 (77.7%) | 127 (77.9%) | 44 (77.2%) | 0.91 | 31 (73.8%) | 140 (78.7%) | 0.5 |
BURP maneuver | 71 (33.2%) | 47 (29.9%) | 24 (42.1%) | 0.1 | 15 (35.7%) | 56 (32.6%) | 0.7 |
Intubation device | 0.94 | 0.82 | |||||
Direct laryngoscope | 186 (84.5%) | 138 (84.7%) | 48 (84.2%) | 35 (83.3%) | 151 (84.8%) | ||
Videolaryngoscope | 34 (15.5%) | 25 (15.3%) | 9 (15.8%) | 7 (16.7%) | 27 (15.2%) | ||
1st attempt intubators | 0.79 | 0.8 | |||||
Novice | 72 (32.7%) | 55 (33.7%) | 17 (29.8%) | 15 (35.7%) | 57 (32.0%) | ||
Midlevel | 118 (53.6%) | 87 (53.4%) | 31 (54.4%) | 21 (50%) | 97 (54.5%) | ||
Experienced | 30 (13.6%) | 21 (12.9%) | 9 (15.8%) | 6 (14.3%) | 24 (13.5%) | ||
Sedation method | < 0.001 | 0.11 | |||||
RSI | 131 (59.5%) | 105 (64.4%) | 26 (45.6%) | 29 (69.0%) | 102 (57.3%) | ||
Sedation without paralysis | 71 (32.3%) | 40 (24.5%) | 31 (54.4%) | 8 (19.0%) | 63 (35.4%) | ||
No Medication | 18 (8.2%) | 18 (11.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 5 (11.9%) | 13 (7.3%) | ||
Pretreatment with fentanyl | 29 (13.2%) | 19 (11.7%) | 10 (17.5%) | 0.26 | 6 (14.3%) | 23 (12.9%) | 0.81 |
Induction | 0.06 | 0.27 | |||||
Etomidate | 108 (49.1%) | 82 (50.3%) | 26 (45.6%) | 21 (50.0%) | 87 (48.9%) | ||
Ketamine | 67 (30.5%) | 46 (28.2%) | 21 (36.8%) | 10 (23.8%) | 57 (32.0%) | ||
Propofol | 19 (8.6%) | 13 (8.0%) | 6 (10.5%) | 6 (14.3%) | 13 (7.3%) | ||
Midazolam | 7 (3.2%) | 4 (2.5%) | 3 (5.3%) | 0 (0.0%) | 7 (3.9%) | ||
Paralysis | 0.85 | 0.99 | |||||
Succinylcholine | 122 (55.5%) | 98 (60.1%) | 24 (42.1%) | 27 (64.3%) | 95 (53.4%) | ||
Rocuronium | 9 (4.1%) | 7 (4.3%) | 2 (3.5%) | 2 (4.8%) | 7 (3.9%) |