A safe strategy for anesthesia induction and airway management in morbidly obese patients

To the Editor:Morbidly obese patients are known to be difficult for facemask ventilation and tracheal intubation,leading to an increased risk for a "cannot intubate cannot ventilate" situation.Awake tracheal intubation is often considered as one of the safest strategies for anesthesia induction and airway management in patients with known or predicted difficult airways,but the technique itself is an uncomfortable procedure.