Clinical Study

Comparison of the Effects of Desflurane, Sevoflurane, and Propofol on the Glottic Opening Area during Remifentanil-Based General Anesthesia Using a Supraglottic Airway Device

Table 1

Patient demographic and clinical characteristics.

Group DGroup SGroup P value

n303030
Age (y)50 ± 1850 ± 1749 ± 170.9556
Male : female19 : 1117 : 1318 : 120.8703
Height (cm)165 ± 9163 ± 9165 ± 100.6887
Body weight (kg)65 ± 1261 ± 1266 ± 140.3258
% VC (%)107 ± 20111 ± 17114 ± 190.4069
FEV1% (%)86 ± 885 ± 684 ± 60.4055
History of asthma111>0.9999
Current smoker5360.5532
Mean remifentanil dose (μg/kg/min)0.19 ± 0.030.21 ± 0.040.20 ± 0.040.2826
Mean dose of maintenance anesthetics4.8 ± 1.3 (%)1.6 ± 0.3 (%)2.2 ± 0.3 (μg/ml)
Train-of-four ratio before inserting i-gel™ (%)94 ± 2390 ± 1196 ± 130.3904
Surgical time (min)164 ± 78158 ± 60160 ± 810.9487
Anesthesia time (min)225 ± 82223 ± 65229 ± 890.9798

VC: vital capacity; FEV: forced expiratory volume. Usage of propofol is expressed as target-controlled infusion. Data are shown as mean ± SD.