Retrospective Analysis of Factors Associated With Increased Anesthesia Ready Time in Patients With Odontogenic Infections
Authors' conclusion
For patients with odontogenic infections, the strongest predictor of increased ART is the choice of FS technique.
Study context
- Population
- Patients aged 14 years and older requiring incision and drainage for odontogenic infections under GA, 2012–2019137 intubations
- Participants
- 129 patients
- Outcome
- Anesthesia ready time (ART): time from entering the operating room to anesthesiologist marking "Anesthesia Ready"
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
ART
- Mean ART overall, minutes
- 19.2 (SD 10.4; 95% CI 17.5-20.9)
- Severe airway deviation: mean ART, minutes
- 23.0 (95% CI 19.4-26.6; P = .02)
- Sublingual space involvement: mean ART, minutes
- 20.5 (95% CI 18.1-22.8; P = .02)
- Lateral pharyngeal space involvement: mean ART, minutes (18.5-24.9; P = .02)
- 21.7
- Retropharyngeal space involvement: mean ART, minutes (18.1-31.3; P = .02)
- 24.7
- Total number of spaces involved: correlation r with ART (P = .03)
- 0.18
- Flexible scope (FS) intubation: mean ART, minutes
- 26.8 (95% CI 22.6-31.0; P < .01)
- Nasal route of intubation: mean ART, minutes
- 24.2 (95% CI 21.3-27.2; P < .01)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
First-attempt intubation failure (FAIF)
- FAIF rate
- 13.3%
Original publication
Retrospective Analysis of Factors Associated With Increased Anesthesia Ready Time in Patients With Odontogenic Infections. Anesth Analg. Published 5 September 2025. doi:10.
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