Flexible fibreoptic intubation

Publication date: Available online 27 July 2017 Source:Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine Author(s): Vera Sokolova, Dmitrijs Sokolovs Flexible fibreoptic intubation offers options of airway control in awake and asleep patients, in cases with limited or absent mouth opening and complex anatomy. It may be used as a first choice or a rescue technique. Despite its limitations, for example in situations with significant airway blood or secretions, and airway obstruction, it is a valuable core skill for every anaesthetist.
Source: Anaesthesia and intensive care medicine - Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: research