AWAKE FIBREOPTIC INTUBATION IN THE PATIENT AT HIGH RISK OF ASPIRATION

This report describes our experiences with 129 awake oral and nasal fibreoptic intubations in 123 patients considered to be at high risk of aspiration of gastric contents. l.v. sedation was used on all but six occasions. Local anaesthesia was applied to the larynx and trachea through the working cha...

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