The use of nasotracheal Airtraq^® laryngoscope with reinforced endotracheal tube: our experience

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^®.