• Anesthesia progress · Jan 1996

    Increased success of blind nasotracheal intubation through the use of nasogastric tubes as a guide.

    • N Sugiura, T Miyake, K Okui, G Hibi, T Oka, M Yamada, and T Arai.
    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.
    • Anesth Prog. 1996 Jan 1;43(2):58-60.

    AbstractWe were able to improve the success rate of blind nasotracheal intubation by using nasogastric tubes as a guide during intubation, first, for passing the endotracheal tube through the nasal cavity, and second, passing it from the pharynx to the larynx. By adding both sedation by modified neuroleptanalgesia (NLA) and topical and transtracheal administration of lidocaine, our technique became safer and smoother. We have completed 36 cases without accident, with an average time for intubation of 8.25 min. The Rüsh spiral tube was thought to be the most suited to this form of intubation because of the 90 degrees cut of its tip, its high-volume cuff, and its flexibility in all directions. These features are useful for hearing breath sounds, raising the tip of the tube by inflation of the cuff, and advancing the tube in a turning motion.

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