Although endotracheal intubation is commonly performed in the hospital setting, it is not
without risk. In this article, we review the impact of endotracheal intubation on airway injury …

Complications arising from intubation and other airway management procedures can have
significant morbidity and mortality risks. With the increasing interventional techniques …

Background. It is well known that thermal softening of polyvinyl chloride tracheal tubes
reduces nasal damage during nasotracheal intubation. We hypothesized that thermal …

Background Several techniques have been suggested to reduce the trauma of nasotracheal
intubation, although no comparative studies exist. The authors evaluated red-rubber …

Nasotracheal intubation is frequently used for airway management during maxillofacial
surgery. Complications such as haemorrhage occur more frequently with this route of …

Background Immobilization with cervical spine worsens endotracheal intubation condition.
Though various intubation devices have been demonstrated to perform well in oral …

BACKGROUND: Epistaxis is the most common complication of nasotracheal intubation. We
compared endotracheal tubes (ETT) obturated with an inflated esophageal stethoscope with …

IMPLICATIONS: During nasotracheal intubation with conventional endotracheal tubes,
Magill-tipped, nonthermosoftened tubes seem to be comparable to Murphy-tipped …

Our hypothesis was that nasopharyngeal passage of an endotracheal tube can be facilitated
by a nasopharyngeal airway (Wendl tube) acting as a “pathfinder.” Accordingly, we …

Anesthesiologists, residents, and advanced practice practitioners alike rely upon the
comprehensive content of Hagberg and Benumof's Airway Management to remain proficient …