Lidocaine post-nasal dripping (LPND): An easy way for awake nasal intubation

Several techniques of topical anesthesia for awake fiberoptic intubation (AFOI) have been described such as "spray as you go" [1,2], nebulization [2], atomization [3,4] transtracheal injection [5]. These require multiple complicated steps [1,2], specialized equipment [2–4], and are invasive [5].

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