Failed intubation revisited: 17-yr experience in a teaching maternity unit.
We have reviewed 5802 Caesarean sections performed during general anaesthesia. Our use of general anaesthesia had decreased from 83% in 1981 to 23% in 1994. Despite this, the incidence of failed intubation has increased from 1 in 1984 to 1 in 250 in 1994. The problems associated with general anaesthesia in the obstetric population are increasing. Asians and African/Afrocaribbeans were represented disproportionately because of the increased use of general anaesthesia in these patients. Exposure of trainees to obstetric general anaesthetics has decreased by one-third.
Hawthorne
L
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Department of Anaesthesia, St James's University Hospital, Leeds.
Wilson
R
R
Lyons
G
G
Dresner
M
M
D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D017211:Treatment Failure