title: Sevoflurane for difficult tracheal intubation.
abstract: Three patients in whom difficult tracheal intubation was expected but awake fibreoptic intubation was not feasible presented for head and neck surgery. Anaesthesia was induced rapidly and smoothly by inhalation of sevoflurane followed by fibreoptic or conventional tracheal intubation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mostafa
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Atherton
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D000075202:Contraindications; D004987:Ethers; D005260:Female; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D008875:Middle Aged; D016105:Parathyroidectomy; D000077149:Sevoflurane
chemical_list: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D004987:Ethers; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D000077149:Sevoflurane