A new method of intratracheal intubation in mice using an epidural anesthesia catheter
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1.Department of Pathology, Beijing Stomatological Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China. 2. First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001. 3. Institute of Liver Diseases and Organ Transplantation, Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030001. 4. Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100050

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    Objective To establish a simple reliable and accurately method of non-invasive intratracheal intubation in mice. Methods Female C57BL/ 6 mice were used. Mice were anesthetized with pentobarbital sodium, then suspended via the upper incisors using surgical thread. An epidural anesthesia catheter, 1 mL syringe, 10 μL pipet tip, were assembled as intratracheal intubation equipment. Using the non-dominant hand to feel the trachea, the dominant hand inserted the equipment into the mouth cavity to deliver the liquid. The mice were administered trypan blue or PBS. After intratracheal intubation, mice that received trypan blue were killed and the lungs were checked, while the mice that received PBS remained under observation for monitoring of survival. Results The lungs of mice that received trypan blue were dyed blue, while the stomach was not dyed. The mice that received PBS remained alive after recovering from the anesthesia. Conclusions Equipment comprising an epidural anesthesia catheter, a 1 mL syringe, a 10 μL pipet tip, and ophthalmic forceps enable simple and accurate non-invasive intratracheal intubation.

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  • Received:November 12,2020
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