Difficult intubation: are you prepared for it?
The endotracheal intubation of a patient for surgery requires an anaesthetist who is aided by a skilled and experienced helper. This paper explores reasons why some patients are difficult to intubate. Some are predictable on pre-operative assessment and others are not. Suggestions are given on how the helper is useful to the anaesthetist in this potentially critical situation.
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D004947:Esophagus; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D009871:Operating Room Nursing