2008
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2008.01.017
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Difficult and failed intubation in obstetric anaesthesia: an observational study of airway management and complications associated with general anaesthesia for caesarean section

Abstract: General anaesthesia is most commonly used in emergency situations. Tracheal intubation after rapid-sequence induction remains the predominant approach to airway management in Australasia. The incidence of failed intubation is consistent with previous studies. Aspiration prophylaxis is not routinely used for emergency surgery.

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“…4 In 2,633 GAs, the incidence of failed intubation was 1:1,300, similar to that of the general surgical population, and difficult intubation was encountered in 4.7%, which is at the lower end of the reported range of 1.3% to 16.3% in obstetrics. 3,5 Does this study refute the widely held belief that intubation is more difficult in the obstetric patient? In other words, do the results reflect the complete picture, or are they a case of ''things are seldom what they seem''?…”
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“…4 In 2,633 GAs, the incidence of failed intubation was 1:1,300, similar to that of the general surgical population, and difficult intubation was encountered in 4.7%, which is at the lower end of the reported range of 1.3% to 16.3% in obstetrics. 3,5 Does this study refute the widely held belief that intubation is more difficult in the obstetric patient? In other words, do the results reflect the complete picture, or are they a case of ''things are seldom what they seem''?…”
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“…1,2 In spite of our fancy airway tools, algorithms, and difficult airway workshops, a recently published experience of more than 1,000 obstetric general anesthetics (GA) suggested we had not made progress in this area: the reported incidence of failed intubation was 1:250, and difficult intubation occurred in 3.3% of cases. 3 So, it is with some relief that one reads the article by McKeen et al in which they report their experience with the maternal airway over a 20-yr period at a Canadian academic tertiary care hospital. 4 In 2,633 GAs, the incidence of failed intubation was 1:1,300, similar to that of the general surgical population, and difficult intubation was encountered in 4.7%, which is at the lower end of the reported range of 1.3% to 16.3% in obstetrics.…”
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“…Case reports and case series have highlighted its successful use after failed tracheal intubation in CDs. 3,4 In 2001, Han reported the use of the LMA Classic TM in 1,067 parturients undergoing elective CD. 5 More recently, Halaseh et al described their experience using the LMA ProSeal TM (PLMA) in 3,000 women undergoing the same procedure.…”
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