Table 4 Outcomes of the patients with difficult airway predictors
All patients (n = 220) | Without LEMON (n = 163) | With LEMON* (n = 57) | p-value | Without MOANS (n = 42) | With MOANS** (n = 178) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Glottic view | 0.94 | 0.21 | |||||
Gr I | 68 (30.9%) | 52 (31.9%) | 16 (28.1%) | 17 (40.5%) | 51 (28.7%) | ||
Gr II | 100 (45.5%) | 73 (44.8%) | 27 (47.4%) | 13 (31.0%) | 87 (48.9%) | ||
Gr III | 27 (12.3%) | 21 (12.9%) | 6 (10.5%) | 6 (14.3%) | 21 (11.8%) | ||
Gr IV | 16 (7.3%) | 12 (7.4%) | 4 (7.0%) | 4 (9.5%) | 12 (6.7%) | ||
missing | 9 (4.1%) | 5 (3.1%) | 4(7%) | 2 (4.8%) | 7 (3.9%) | ||
Attempt of intubation 1 attempt | 167 (75.9%) | 123 (75.5%) | 44 (77.2%) | 0.75 | 32 (76.2%) | 135 (75.8%) | 0.75 |
2 attempts | 40 (18.2%) | 27 (16.6%) | 13 (22.8%) | 7 (16.7%) | 33 (18.5%) | ||
3 attempts | 10 (4.5%) | 10 (6.1%) | 0 | 3 (7.14%) | 7 (3.9%) | ||
> 3 attempts | 3 (1.4%) | 3 (1.8%) | 0 | 0 | 3 (1.4%) | ||
Presence of Complications | 29 (13.2%) | 18 (11.0%) | 11 (19.3%) | 0.11 | 4 (9.5%) | 25 (14.0%) | 0.44 |
Hypotension | 9 (4.1%) | 5 (3.1%) | 4 (7%) | 1 (2.4%) | 8 (4.5%) | ||
Oropharyngeal injury | 8 (3.6%) | 6 (3.7%) | 2 (3.5%) | 0 | 8 (4.5%) | ||
Hypoxemia | 4 (1.8%) | 2 (1.2%) | 2 (3.5%) | 1 (2.4%) | 3 (1.7%) | ||
Cardiac arrest | 3 (1.4%) | 2 (1.2%) | 1 (1.8%) | 0 | 3 (1.7%) | ||
Mainstem bronchus intubation | 2 (0.9%) | 1 (0.6%) | 1 (1.8%) | 1 (2.4%) | 1 (0.6%) | ||
Self-extubation | 2 (0.9%) | 1 (0.6%) | 1 (1.8%) | 1 (2.4%) | 1 (0.6%) | ||
Recognized Esophageal intubation | 1 (0.5%) | 1 (0.6%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.6%) | ||
Pneumothorax | 1 (0.5%) | 1 (0.6%) | 0 | 0 | 1 (0.6%) | ||
Aspiration | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Missing | 34 (15.5%) | 23 (14.1%) | 11 (19.3%) | 7 (16.7%) | 27 (15.2%) |