Clinical Study
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 |
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