JA67.5

Failed or difficult intubation during pregnancy

Falha ou dificuldade na entubação durante a gravidez

Category

Definition

A condition affecting females during pregnancy, caused by physiological, pathophysiological, or psychological factors that aggravate the tissues necessary to secure the tube. This condition is characterised by a difficulty or inability to insert a tube into an external or internal orifice of the body during pregnancy.

Index Terms

Failed or difficult intubation during pregnancy