title: Complete airway obstruction during awake fibreoptic intubation.
abstract: Awake fibreoptic intubation is well established as the optimum method of securing the airway in patients in whom difficulty is anticipated. We report a patient undergoing awake fibreoptic intubation in whom the use of topical local anaesthetic precipitated acute loss of the airway so that urgent surgical intervention was required.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthetic, Northern General NHS Trust, Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Welchew
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Michael
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006042:Goiter / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014139:Tracheostomy