Abstract
Most pregnant women will deliver without the need to have a general anaesthetic (GA) and requirement for intubation and ventilation; indeed, the number of caesarean deliveries (CD) under GA is decreasing.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Lipman S, Carvalho B, Brock-Utne J. The demise of general anaesthesia in obstetrics revisited: prescription for a cure. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2005;14:2–4.
Kinsella M, Winton AL, Mushambi, Ramaswamy K, Swales H, Quinn AC, Popat M. Failed tracheal intubation during obstetric general anaesthesia: a literature review. Int J Obstet Anaesth. 2015; 24:356–374.
Smith I, Kranke P, Murat I, Smith A et al. Perioperative fasting in adults and children: guidelines from the European society of anaesthesiology. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2011;28: 556–569.
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Clinical Guideline 190 (CG 190). Intrapartum care for healthy women and babies. December 2014. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg190. Last accessed 15th October 2021.
M Mushambi, S Kinsella M Popat et al. Obstetric anaesthetists’ association and difficult airway society guidelines for the management of difficult and failed tracheal intubation in obstetrics. Anaesthesia 2015; 70: 1286–1307.
Han TH, Brimacombe J, Lee EJ, Yang HS. The laryngeal mask airway is effective (and probably) safe in selected healthy parturients for elective caesarean section: a prospective study of 1067 cases. Can J Anesth. 2001;48:1117–21.
Halaseh B, Sukkar Z, Hassan L, Sia A, Bushnaq W, Adarbeh H. The use of Proseal laryngeal mask airway in caesarean section-experience in 3000 cases. Anaesth Intensive Care. 2010;38:1023–8.
Yao W, Li S, Sng B, Lim Y, Sia A. The LMA Supreme in 700 parturients undergoing caesarean delivery: an observational study. Can J Anesth. 2012;59:648–54.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2022 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Phillips, S., Fernando, R. (2022). Difficult and Failed Intubation in Obstetric Anaesthesia. In: Fernando, R., Sultan, P., Phillips, S. (eds) Quick Hits in Obstetric Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72487-0_64
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72487-0_64
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-72486-3
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-72487-0
eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)