Awake fibre optic intubation in a 38-week pregnant patient with submandibular abscess.
A 38-week pregnant patient with trismus required surgery for drainage of a submandibular abscess. Her anaesthetic management involved an awake fibre optic intubation. We describe below the details of this and discuss the options for management of similar patients.
Fayek
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Anaesthetic Department, National Guard King Khalid Hospital, P.O. Box 9515, Jeddah 21423, Saudi Arabia.
Isaac
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