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Oral to nasal endotracheal tube exchange using both video and flexible laryngoscopes

R. Eric Hodgson, M.D.G. Gunning
Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia | Vol 24, No 6 | a1115 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/22201181.2018.1523593 | © 2018 R. Eric Hodgson, M.D.G. Gunning | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 18 November 2025 | Published: 18 December 2018

About the author(s)

R. Eric Hodgson, Department of Anaesthesia, Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital, Mayville, South Africa; and, bDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Management, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Umbilo, South Africa
M.D.G. Gunning, Beck, Danchin and Partners, Musgrave Park, Berea, South Africa; and, dThekwini-Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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Abstract

This case describes the use of a video laryngoscope and flexible intubation scope to facilitate the exchange of an oral endotracheal tube for a nasal endotracheal tube in a patient with a potentially difficult airway.

Keywords

endotracheal tube; oral endotracheal tube

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