DIFFICULT INTUBATION IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS IN OBSTETRICS

Abstract

Under the term of “difficult intubation” we understand a clinical situation in which an anesthesiologist has faced certain difficulties performing 2-3 attempts of intubation and lung ventilation that took between 5 to 10 minutes. Difficult intubation in everyday practice has an incidence of 3 to 18%. Among obstetrical patient’s difficult intubation happens in 7.9% of cases and is the cause of maternal death in 41% of cases. In this article we will discuss alternative methods of safe lung ventilation in the absence of a videolaringoscope or a fiberoptic bronchoscope.