Intubation with propofol augmented with intravenous lignocaine |
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| Authors: | D Mulholland MB BCh FFARCS FFARCSI Registrar R J T Carlisle MB BCh FFARCSI Consultant |
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| Affiliation: | Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. |
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| Abstract: | Sixty patients of ASA grade 1 and aged 18 to 55 years were admitted to a double-blind study. Anaesthesia was induced with propofol 2.5 mg/kg after intravenous pretreatment with lignocaine 1.5 mg/kg or a similar volume of isotonic saline. The quality of subsequent tracheal intubation was graded and the pressor response to tracheal intubation assessed. There were no significant differences between treatment groups. |
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| Keywords: | Anaesthetics intravenous propofol lignocaine Intubation tracheal complications |
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