title: The use of nasotracheal Airtraq® laryngoscope with reinforced endotracheal tube: our experience.
abstract: 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(®).
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Children's Hospital 'Bambino Gesù', Rome, Italy. fabio.ferrari@opbg.net.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: Giuliano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marchetti
authors.forename: Sergio Giuseppe
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Picardo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D058109:Airway Management / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D019767:Maxillofacial Abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Airway management; Anesthesia; Craniofacial abnormalities; Endotracheal; Intubation; Laryngoscopes; Maxillofacial surgery