Anesthesia & Clinical Research

Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access

ISSN: 2155-6148

Research Article - (2018) Volume 9, Issue 7

Flexible Fiberoptic Intubation in Difficult Airway: A Retrospective Evaluation in a Portuguese University Hospital

Carolina Marramaque Miranda1, Carlos Mexedo2, Carla Cavaleiro2,3 and Humberto S Machado1,2,3*
1Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
2Serviço de Anestesiologia, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
3Centro de Investigação Clínica em Anestesiologia, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal
*Corresponding Author: Humberto S Machado, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Largo Professor Abel Salazar, 4099-001 Porto, Portugal, Tel: +351-935848475 Email:

Keywords: Flexible fiberoptic intubation; Awake intubation; Difficult airway; Predictive factors; Assessment; Clinical alert; Patient satisfaction

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