Recommendations

Document Overview

Design and created by Guideline Central in participation with the Difficult Airway Society.

Awake Tracheal Intubation (ATI) in Adults

Difficult Airway Society

Publication Date: Nov 1, 2019

Page Last Updated: May 5, 2026

Document Overview

Document Title: Awake Tracheal Intubation (ATI) in Adults

Authoring Society: Difficult Airway Society

Endorsing Society: American Society of Anesthesiologists

Document Publication Date: Nov 1, 2019

Page Last Reviewed/Updated: May 5, 2026

Document Type: Guideline

Country of Publication: United States

Full Text Freely Available: Yes

Full Text Guideline: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/anae.14904

Supplemental Implementation Resources

Document Scope, Criteria, and Use Cases

Scope: Management, Treatment

Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)

D007442 - Intubation, Intratracheal

D014691 - Ventilation

D007442 - Intubation, Intratracheal

D014691 - Ventilation

Keywords: Awake tracheal intubation, FONA, SAD, facemask ventilation, flexible bronchoscopy, supraglottic airway device, tracheal intubation, tracheal tube, ventilation, videolaryngoscopy

Inclusion Criteria: Female, Male, Adult, Older Adult

Health Care Settings: Ambulatory, Hospital, Operating and Recovery Room

Intended Users: Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Physician, Physician Assistant, Social Worker

Recommendation Development Processes & Methodology

Supplemental Methodology Resources: Data Supplement Data Supplement Data Supplement

Number of Source Documents: 169

Includes peer/external review process?: Yes

Includes public comment process?: No

Methodologist involvement?: Yes

Patient involvement?: No

Includes multi-disciplinary group?: Yes

Includes systematic review?: Yes

Grades quality of strength of evidence?: Yes

Grades quality of strength of recommendation?: Yes

Discloses funding source?: Yes

Discloses conflicts of interest?: Yes

Includes benefits/harms analysis with recommendations?: No