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The use of nasotracheal Airtraq ® laryngoscope with reinforced endotracheal tube: our experience
Author(s) -
Ferrari Fabio,
Marchetti Giuliano,
Picardo Sergio Giuseppe
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/pan.12459
Subject(s) - orotracheal intubation , nasotracheal intubation , medicine , endotracheal tube , tube (container) , intubation , endotracheal intubation , anesthesia , surgery , materials science , composite material
Summary The authors describe the use of nasotracheal AirtraQ ® laryngoscope to perform orotracheal intubation with reinforced endotracheal tube in patients with difficult airways. The choice of nasotracheal AirtraQ ® instead of orotracheal device resulted from the difficulty that they sometimes found using orotracheal AirtraQ ® with reinforced endotracheal tube. The nasotracheal AirtraQ ® may be successfully used to perform orotracheal intubation with styletted reinforced endotracheal tube, specially in case of difficulty in advancing it inside the tube‐guiding channel of orotracheal AirtraQ ® .