• J Perioper Pract · Mar 2008

    Awake intubation.

    • Kawshala Peiris and Chris Frerk.
    • Northampton General Hospital, Cliftonville, Northampton NN1 5BD.
    • J Perioper Pract. 2008 Mar 1;18(3):96-104.

    AbstractSecuring the airway is a core skill in anaesthesia, the gold standard of which is tracheal intubation. Normally this is achieved after induction of anaesthesia. However, some circumstances demand an awake approach. Awake intubation can be achieved via several methods. Using the fibreoptic laryngoscope is the most widely used technique in the UK with minimal patient discomfort and a wide margin of safety. When compared with attempts at difficult direct laryngoscopy, awake fibreoptic intubation provides excellent cardiovascular stability when performed under good topical anaesthesia and conscious sedation. Understanding the equipment used as well as preparing the patient and being aware of potential pitfalls are important elements to performing a successful awake intubation.

      Pubmed     Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…