title: Failed intubation. A case report.
abstract: A case report illustrates one of the dangers of intubation with use of a long-acting muscle relaxant where the clinical situation was misjudged. There is still a good case to be made out for the use of suxamethonium for intubation in a routine operating list to provide additional cover in the event of 'failed intubation'.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000443:Alcuronium; D000770:Anesthesia, Endotracheal / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D013390:Succinylcholine
chemical_list: D013390:Succinylcholine; D000443:Alcuronium