Awake intubation is indicated in pregnant women with difficult airways.
Brimacombe
Joseph
J
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Cairns Base Hospital, Cairns, Australia, jbrimaco@bigpond.net.au.
D000328:Adult; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D005260:Female; D017359:HELLP Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000209:etiology; D014132:Trachea / Q000033:anatomy & histology*