Intubation of the trachea with the patient awake is sound practice, affording protection against inhalation of gastric contents and against cardiovascular collapse. The writer reviews various methods of awake intubation and describes his own, illustrating it with a discussion of 12 seriously ill patients. © 1977 Copyright: Macmillan Journals Ltd.
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Duncan, J. A. T. (1977). Intubation of the trachea in the conscious patient. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 49(6), 619–623. https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/49.6.619