Classical versus controlled rapid sequence induction and intubation in children with bleeding tonsils (a retrospective audit).

Controlled RSII had advantages over classical RSII in children with post-tonsillectomy bleeding and may become a strategic option in these patients to avoid hypoxaemia, difficult laryngoscopy and hypertension during induction of anaesthesia and tracheal intubation. Bag-mask ventilation in patients with bleeding tonsils did not lead to pulmonary morbidity.