Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow E-Letters: Submit a response to the article
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when E-letters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (3)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Ovassapian, A.
Right arrow Articles by Hinchliffe, D.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Ovassapian, A.
Right arrow Articles by Hinchliffe, D.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2003, Vol. 91, No. 1 154-155
© 2003 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

Correspondence

Management of failed intubation in a septic parturient

A. Ovassapian1, A. Norris2 and D. Hinchliffe2

1 Illinois, USA 2 Nottingham, UK

{dagger}LMA® is the property of Intavent Ltd.

The first 10% of the full text of this article appears below.

Editor—I read with interest the case report by Hinchliffe and Norris1 describing the management of a failed intubation in a septic parturient. The two Letters to the Editor highlight some of the shortcomings of their approach.2 3 I share their concerns, and some more. The case is about unexpected failed intubation but very little information is provided about the physical findings and what contributed to this failed intubation. Obesity alone is not a good indicator of difficult intubation, although obesity associated with a short thick neck and limited neck extension is.4

The initial decision to proceed with general orotracheal anaesthesia was a sound one. However, as intubation . . . [Full Text of this Article]


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?