Awake intubation: a new technique.
A 46-year-old male with a known history of difficult intubation presented for elective surgery. It was considered prudent to perform an awake intubation and a size 3 laryngeal mask was introduced under topical anesthesia. A gum elastic bougie was then passed, enabling the laryngeal mask to be removed and a tracheal tube to be inserted.
McCrirrick
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Department of Anaesthesia, Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia.
Pracilio
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D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007830:Larynx; D008297:Male; D008397:Masks; D008875:Middle Aged; D014851:Wakefulness