Anaes SAQs · Extubation & recovery

The awake, the deep, and the staged extubation

Primary — the awake (the reflexes returned, the standard, the aspiration-safe); the deep (the unconscious, the smoother for the asthma and the neurosurgery, the higher obstruction risk); the staged (the airway-exchange-catheter, the bridge, the difficult-airway high-risk).