Preoperative Endoscopic Airway Examination (PEAE) Provides Superior Airway Information and May Reduce the Use of Unnecessary Awake Intubation

Abstract

In 26% of the patients studied, PEAE affected the planned airway management. We believe that PEAE can be an essential component of the preoperative assessment of patients with airway pathology; airway visualization reduces the number of unnecessary AIs while providing superior information about the airway architecture. PEAE could be applied to other populations of patients at risk for airway control failure with the induction of anesthesia.