Oral endotracheal intubation of rats for intratracheal instillation and aerosol drug delivery
As reported in the literature, oral endotracheal intubation of rats is considered to be very difficult. Specialised equipment and complicated techniques have been described to perform this procedure. In our experiment we adopted a simple method, which allowed—without any complicated equipment-the in...
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Published in | Laboratory animals (London) Vol. 35; no. 3; pp. 257 - 260 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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London, England
SAGE Publications
01.07.2001
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Summary: | As reported in the literature, oral endotracheal intubation of rats is considered to
be very difficult. Specialised equipment and complicated techniques have been
described to perform this procedure. In our experiment we adopted a simple method,
which allowed—without any complicated equipment-the insertion of a relatively wide
tube into the trachea of rats, allowing drug administration. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0023-6772 1758-1117 |
DOI: | 10.1258/0023677011911723 |