An Audit of Fibreoptic Intubation Training Opportunities in a UK Teaching Hospital

Table 1

The primary indication for performance of fibreoptic intubation (FOI). Values shown are in numbers (proportions).

	Awake FOI	Asleep FOI	Total
Predicted difficult direct laryngoscopy
Limited mouth opening	32	11	43 (30)
Abnormalities in oropharyngeal anatomy	23	7	30 (21)
Limited neck movement	6	2	8 (6)
Previous difficult direct laryngoscopy	15	6	21 (15)
Unstable cervical spine	8	1	9 (6)
Rescue for failed intubation	0	14	14 (10)
Teaching	2	14	16 (11)
Total	86 (61)	55 (39)	141