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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Oropharyngeal Trauma During Video Laryngoscopy

The Frost Series # 356

Written by: Stefani Schwartz, MD
Reviewed by: Sonia Vaida, MD

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