Open AccessTopical airway anesthesia for awake fiberoptic intubation: Comparison between airway nerve blocks and nebulized lignocaine by ultrasonic nebulizer
Author(s) -
Babita Gupta,
Santvana Kohli,
Kamran Farooque,
Gopal Jalwal,
Deepak Gupta,
Sumit Sinha,
Chandralekha
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.144056
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , airway , intubation , airway management , laryngoscopy , laryngeal mask airway , nebulizer , tracheal intubation , surgery
Awake fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) guided intubation is the gold standard of airway management in patients with cervical spine injury. It is essential to sufficiently anesthetize the upper airway before the performance of awake FOB guided intubation in order to ensure patient comfort and cooperation. This randomized controlled study was performed to compare two methods of airway anesthesia, namely ultrasonic nebulization of local anesthetic and performance of airway blocks.