Selected references can be accessed online via the links here. If you are unable to access a reference, or wish to download a larger set for furhter reading, please click the link for the archive at the bottom.

• Jarvi K, Hillermann C, Danha R, Mendonca C. Awake intubation with the Pentax Airway Scope. Anaesthesia. 2011;66(4):314.
• Rosenstock CV, Thogersen B, Afshari A, Christensen AL, Eriksen C, Gatke MR. Awake fiberoptic or awake video laryngoscopic tracheal intubation in patients with anticipated difficult airway management: a randomized clinical trial. Anesthesiology. 2012;116(6):1210-6.
• Kramer A, Muller D, Pfortner R, Mohr C, Groeben H. Fibreoptic vs videolaryngoscopic (C-MAC((R)) D-BLADE) nasal awake intubation under local anaesthesia. Anaesthesia. 2015;70(4):400-6.
• Lohse JA, Piepho T, Noppens RR. Awake video laryngoscopy – A revolution in the management of the anticipated difficult airway? Trends in Anaesthesia and Critical Care. 2016;6:37-42.
• Markova L, Stopar-Pintaric T, Luzar T, Benedik J, Hodzovic I. A feasibility study of awake videolaryngoscope-assisted intubation in patients with periglottic tumour using the channelled King Vision((R)) videolaryngoscope. Anaesthesia. 2017;72(4):512-8.
• Fitzgerald E, Hodzovic I, Smith AF. ‘From darkness into light’: time to make awake intubation with videolaryngoscopy the primary technique for an anticipated difficult airway? Anaesthesia. 2015;70(4):387-92.
• Mendonca C, Mesbah A, Velayudhan A, Danha R. A randomised clinical trial comparing the flexible fibrescope and the Pentax Airway Scope (AWS)((R)) for awake oral tracheal intubation. Anaesthesia. 2016;71(8):908-14.
• Moosajee V, Douglas S, Hodzovi I. Awake videolaryngoscopy. Australasian Anaesthesia 2017 pp. 3-11.
• Alhomary M, Ramadan E, Curran E, Walsh SR. Videolaryngoscopy vs. fibreoptic bronchoscopy for awake tracheal intubation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Anaesthesia. 2018;73(9):1151-61.
• Desai N, Ratnayake G, Onwochei DN, El-Boghdadly K, Ahmad I. Airway devices for awake tracheal intubation in adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis. Br J Anaesth. 2021;127(4):636-47.
• Wilson WM, Smith AF. The emerging role of awake videolaryngoscopy in airway management. Anaesthesia. 2018;73(9):1058-61.
• Jiang J, Ma DX, Li B, Wu AS, Xue FS. Videolaryngoscopy versus fiberoptic bronchoscope for awake intubation – a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Ther Clin Risk Manag. 2018;14:1955-63.
• Moore A, Schricker T. Awake videolaryngoscopy versus fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2019;32(6):764-8.
• Ahmad I, El-Boghdadly K, Bhagrath R, Hodzovic I, McNarry AF, Mir F, et al. Difficult Airway Society guidelines for awake tracheal intubation (ATI) in adults. Anaesthesia. 2020;75(4):509-28.
• Leslie D, Stacey M. Awake intubation. Continuing Education in Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain. 2015;15(2):64-7.
• Aziz M. Advances in Laryngoscopy. F1000Res. 2015;4:F1000 Faculty Rev-1410. Published 2015 Dec 8. doi:10.12688/f1000research.7045.1
• Ahmad I, Bailey CR. Time to abandon awake fibreoptic intubation? Anaesthesia 2016;71:3-16. DOI: 10.1111/anae.13333
• Nabecker S, Ottenhausen T, Theiler L, Braun M, Greif R, Riva T. Prospective observational study evaluating the C-MAC Video Stylet for awake tracheal intubation: a single-center study. Minerva Anestesiol. 2021;87(8):873-879. doi:10.23736/S0375-9393.21.15302-7

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A brief video describing a challenging case managed with awake VL using the CMAC Video Stylet is shown below. (Video prepared for the 2021 Virtual Guy’s Airway Management Course)