Case Presentation
A 28-year-old woman, with morbid obesity (body mass index, 54 kg/m2) with a Mallampati classification II airway presented for placement of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt to address idiopathic intracranial hypertension. After induction of general anesthesia with propofol (2 mg/kg) and succinylcholine (1 mg/kg), endotracheal intubation was attempted with a GlideScope video laryngoscope (Verathon). A 7.0-mm endotracheal