08 September 2025 : Clinical Research
Effect of Anesthesia Type on Airway Assessment Tests in Cesarean Delivery Operations: A Prospective Comparative Study
Buket Özyaprak ABCDEFG 1*, Nermin Kılıçarslan B 1, Yılmaz Apaydın ABCDEFG 1, Şule Balk ABCDEFG 2, Derya Karasu
ACEG 1, Abdulkadir İskender ABCDEFG 3, Mehmet Gamlı ABCDEFG 1, Gürcan Güler ABCDEFG 1, Begüm Uzsezer Güler ABCDEFG 4, İlkay Ceylan ABCDEFG 1
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.949693
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e949693
Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients by spinal anesthesia and general anesthesia groups.
| Spinal anesthesia group (n=64) | General anesthesia group (n=36) | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age; years (mean±SD) | 27.89±5.46 | 29.5±4.63 | 0.139a |
| Pre-pregnancy weight; kg (mean±SD) | 68.53±12.15 | 66.25±9.23 | 0.331a |
| Weight at birth; kg (mean±SD) | 81.14±13.34 | 80.16±10.4 | 0.706a |
| 20–25 kg/m | 7 (10.9%) | 3 (8.3%) | 0.690b |
| 25–30 kg/m | 18 (28.1%) | 13 (36.2%) | |
| >30 kg/m | 39 (61.9%) | 20 (55.5%) | |
| Gestational week; weeks (mean±SD) | 37.78±1.35 | 37.88±1.80 | 0.501f |
| 0 | 10 (15.6%) | 7 (19.5%) | 0.769c |
| 1 | 12 (18.8%) | 7 (19.5%) | |
| 2 | 17 (26.6%) | 9 (25%) | |
| 3 | 11 (17.2%) | 6 (16.6%) | |
| 4 | 6 (9.4%) | 4 (11.2%) | |
| 5 | 7 (10.9%) | 1 (2.7%) | |
| 6 | 1 (1.6%) | 2 (5.5%) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 5 (7.8%) | 4 (11.1%) | 0.719d |
| Hypertension | 5 (7.8%) | 5 (13.9%) | 0.489d |
| Placenta previa | 0 (0%) | 1 (2.8%) | 0.360d |
| Other | 2 (3.1%) | 2 (5.6%) | 0.617d |
| II | 58 (90.6%) | 29 (80.6%) | 0.215d |
| III | 6 (9.4%) | 7 (19.4%) | |
| a Independent samples test; b Pearson chi-squared test; c Fisher-Freeman-Halton chi-square test; d Fisher exact test; e Yates chi-square test; F Mann-Whitney U test; | |||