If you see a soft-tissue bulge on either side of the airway when performing nasotracheal intubation:
A) inadvertent esophageal intubation has likely occurred.
B) you should completely remove the tube and reoxygenate.
C) you have probably inserted the tube into the pyriform fossa.
D) the tube is positioned correctly just above the glottic opening.
Ans: C) you have probably inserted the tube into the pyriform fossa.
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