Awake Fiberoptic Intubation: Anticipated Difficult Airway

Difficult airway is defined as a situation which involves difficult face mask, ventilation and difficult endotracheal intubation by anesthesiologists. The incidence of difficult intubation is 0.5-2.5%. Unsuccessful attempts effects the perioperative morbidity and mortality. A detailed preoperative evaluation and equipment preparation is important in anticipated difficult airway cases. In the patients which have anatomical and anthropometric features which leads to difficult airway, it’s often to need fiberoptic intubation. It should be considered to provide the ideal sedation technique for fiberoptic intubation. This technique should decrease the patient’s anxiety and preserve the comfort and the hemodynamic stability. The patient's compatibility and cooperation is also important during the procedure. Our goal in this report is to represent the anesthesic approach in anticipated difficult airway with literatures