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Editor—We read with interest the article by Quinn and colleagues, which adds to our evolving knowledge of obstetric failed intubation. The paper confirms a lot of our own findings. Some of these findings are replicated in the USA, Brigham’s Women’s Hospital paper. Failed intubation rates are low in countries that have a high rate of general anaesthetic usage, such as South Africa: failed intuba...