| Literature DB >> 9203888 |
I C Shaw1, E A Welchew, B J Harrison, S Michael.
Abstract
Awake fibreoptic intubation is well established as the optimum method of securing the airway in patients in whom difficulty is anticipated. We report a patient undergoing awake fibreoptic intubation in whom the use of topical local anaesthetic precipitated acute loss of the airway so that urgent surgical intervention was required.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID: 9203888 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.155-az0155.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Anaesthesia ISSN: 0003-2409 Impact factor: 6.955