Clinical Study

Comparison of the Clinical Use of Macintosh and Miller Laryngoscopes for Orotracheal Intubation by Second-Month Nurse Students in Anesthesiology

Table 1

Patients’ characteristics (mean, SD, and percentage).

Macintosh Miller -value
( ) ( )

Age (yr) (mean, SD) 41.8 (7.9) 42.5 (11.2).566
Gender (%):
 Male 12 (20.3) 11 (18.3).782
 Female 47 (79.7) 49 (81.7)
Weight (kg) (mean, SD) 55.2 (10.3) 53.3 (7.4).105
Height (cm) (mean, SD) 154.3 (6.0) 155.8 (6.4).448
Body mass index (kg/ ) (mean, SD) 23.2 (4.0) 22.0 (3.1).443
ASA physical status (%):
 I 40 (67.8) 38 (63.3).608
 II 19 (32.2) 22 (36.7)
Mallampati score (%):
 1 42 (71.2) 45 (75.0).639
 217 (28.8)15 (25.0)