EXPLORATION nasotracheal tube and intubation.

摘要

1. nasotracheal tube for examination and intubation, characterized by being formed from a tube itself, suitable to allow access through the nasal passages of the patient to the supraglottic area thereof dimensions, topped by its forward distal end or internal in a markedly divergent nozzle and elastically deformable, which adopts a splayed configuration, by their very nature elastic pressing the pharyngeal walls avoiding collapse. soft tissue oropharyngeal and creating a virtual space of considerable width, all so that the elastic nature of the nozzle allows the radial retraction thereof, to the diameter of the tube itself, for accommodation within an endotracheal tube usable as guide for the nasotracheal tube implantation.