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BRITISH JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIA
Volume 125, Issue 5, Pages 793-796Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.06.039
Keywords
airway management; difficult airway; fibreoptic intubation; patient safety; training
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Despite the availability of new technologies, recent evidence has shown that fibreoptic intubation remains an essential technique for managing difficult airways. It is our responsibility as anaesthesia societies and practitioners to offer this technique to patients in appropriate situations.
Recent evidence has shown that fibreoptic intubation is still an indispensable technique for safe management of pre-dicted difficult airways, despite the implementation of new technologies such as videolaryngoscopy. It is therefore our obligation as anaesthesia societies and as practicing anaesthetists to offer this technique to our patients in clearly designated situations.
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