Rate of Difficult Intubation During Caesarean Delivery: A Single Centre Before/After Standardised Airway Management Implementation Study

( Int J Obstet Anesth . 2024;60:104264. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.104264) Airway complications are not common during cesarean delivery (CD), and difficult and failed intubation are associated with maternal morbidity and mortality. The Difficult Airway Society has provided recommendations for strategies to decrease the rate of difficult intubation, and authors in this study focused on 3 key recommendations disseminated in their unit: using video laryngoscopy (VL) for the first intubation attempt, calling for a second anesthesiologist to assist, and using a 6.5 mm endotracheal tube (ETT). The authors aimed to assess the impact of implementing the standardized airway management recommendations on the rate of difficult intubation during CD under general anesthesia (GA).