In Reply:We are pleased to note that Felipe Urdaneta, M.D., was motivated to comment on our recent Images in Anesthe-siology manuscript.1 Dr. Urdaneta correctly points out that evaluation of an airway is not always obvious. This fact highlights his caution that the ability to predict ease of visualization of the glottis is not assured. The references included in Dr. Urdaneta's letter to the editor are among the many in the anesthesiology literature that caution against a "glib" approach to "easy" tracheal intubation, especially when the laryngoscopic view is obscured as was the case with our patient.
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