Difficult Airway Society guidelines for awake tracheal intubation in adults – is lidocaine topicalisation safe?

Evans, A., Morton, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6164-2854 and Groom, P. (2020) 'Difficult Airway Society guidelines for awake tracheal intubation in adults – is lidocaine topicalisation safe?'. Anaesthesia, Vol 75, Issue 9, pp. 1259-1260.

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Abstract

Recent Difficult Airway Society (DAS) awake tracheal intubation (ATI) guidelines 1 recommend that ‘effective (lidocaine) topicalisation must be established and tested ’ and that ‘sedation must not be used as a substitute for inadequate airway topicalisation ’. We are concerned this is a flawed approach that may, of itself, precipitate airway obstruction.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QV Pharmacology > Central Nervous System Agents. Local Anesthetics > QV 110 Local anesthetics WB Practice of Medicine > Therapeutics > WB 300 General works WO Surgery > Anesthesia > WO 200 Surgical anesthesia. Analgesia (General)
Faculty: Department:	Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.15051
Depositing User:	Stacy Murtagh
Date Deposited:	29 Jun 2020 13:49
Last Modified:	24 Jun 2021 01:02
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/14890

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