Failed intubation revisited: 17-yr experience in a teaching maternity unit.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 8688269.
- No licence information is recorded for this record.
- Because redistribution is not established, this page shows the abstract only. Follow the links below for the full text.
Abstract
We have reviewed 5802 Caesarean sections performed during general anaesthesia. Our use of general anaesthesia had decreased from 83% in 1981 to 23% in 1994. Despite this, the incidence of failed intubation has increased from 1 in 1984 to 1 in 250 in 1994. The problems associated with general anaesthesia in the obstetric population are increasing. Asians and African/Afrocaribbeans were represented disproportionately because of the increased use of general anaesthesia in these patients. Exposure of trainees to obstetric general anaesthetics has decreased by one-third.
Medical subject headings
- Anesthesia, General
- Anesthesia, Obstetrical
- Cesarean Section
- Intubation, Intratracheal