Complete airway obstruction during awake fibreoptic intubation.
case_report · Level V
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Airway Obstruction
- Goiter
- Intubation, Intratracheal
- Thyroidectomy