TY  - JOUR
AU  - Alzaben, Khaled R. 
AU  - Abu-Halaweh, Sami A. 
AU  - Aloweidi, Abdel Karim S. 
AU  - Ismail, Zuhair A. Bani 
AU  - Al-Ammouri, Iyad A. 
AU  - Al-Esa, Mohamed K. 
AU  - Jabaiti, Samir K. 
AU  - Alsmady, Moaath M. 
AU  - Abu-Abeeleh, Mahmoud 
PY  - 2009
TI  - Use of the Nasal Speculum for Rat Endotracheal Intubation
JF  - American Journal of Applied Sciences
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
DO  - 10.3844/ajassp.2009.507.511
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajassp.2009.507.511
AB  - One hundred and fifty athymic nude (rnu/rnu) rats were intubated by direct visualizion of the larynx using a nasal speculum with an attached otoscope as a light source. A blunt, plastic covered stylet was introduced between the vocal cords as guide for a 16-gauge intravenous catheter which was used as an endotracheal tube. Successful intubation was performed in 148 out of 150 animals (98.7%). Complications were encountered in 2 animals only (1.3%). Complications reported were airway injury and bleeding (one animal) and post-extubation stridor (one animal). Our rodent intubation technique is simple, cheap and easy to learn and uses readily available equipment. In addition, it has a high success rate, with very few complications. All this make it a favorable intubation technique that can be used in all animal laboratories.