Why the study?
What are the current practices, success rates, and complications of awake fibreoptic intubation in a UK tertiary centre?
Population
600 elective or emergency awake fibreoptic intubations at a tertiary centre in the UK, mostly in patients…
Design
Cohort
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Supports safety of awake fibreoptic intubation in tertiary centres; leaves open generalizability to other settings or operator experience.
What are the current practices, success rates, and complications of awake fibreoptic intubation in a UK tertiary centre?
Awake fibreoptic intubation is a safe procedure with a high success rate (99%), and institutional training can maintain trainee competence with similar outcomes to consultants.
El‐Boghdadly et al. (2017) studied this question.
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