Complete airway obstruction during awake fibreoptic intubation.
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.
Shaw
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Department of Anaesthetic, Northern General NHS Trust, Sheffield, UK.
Welchew
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Harrison
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Michael
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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