Mallampati Score Before and After Cesarean Delivery (MSBAC)

Mahidol University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alteration of Modified Mallampati Score

Treatments: Other: Evaluate upper airway changes

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02687282

Ramaanes2559

Details and patient eligibility

About

Mallampati class change has not been well evaluated during the cesarean delivery. Various factors regarding to cesarean delivery might influence this changes. The aim of this study was to evaluate the Mallampati class before and after cesarean delivery and to identify predictive factors of the changes..

Study Type: Observational Cross-sectional study

Full description

Mallampati class, thyromental distance, neck circumference, and upper lip bite test were evaluated at four time intervals : during pre-anesthetic visit (T0), 1-hour (T1), 6-hour (T2), and 24-hour after delivery (T3).

Enrollment: 104 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pregnant women scheduled for cesarean section, age ≥ 18 y at gestational age ≥ 37 weeks giving written informed consent.
• Initial Mallampati score ≤ III
• Normal clinical course

Exclusion criteria

• Patient who denied to participate the study
• Initial Mallampati score ≥ IV
• Age < 18 years old