Intubation Conditions Following Rocuronium: Influence of Induction Agent...

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  August 1, 2005 ;   Leykin, Y; Pellis, T; Lucca, M; Gullo, A;   787 words ......would reduce onset time and improve intubating conditions following priming. Sixty patients...thiopentone (4 mg/kg) were administered. Intubating conditions were graded as excellent, good...proportion of good to excellent intubating conditions was higher when ketamine was preceded...

Muscle Relaxants-Atracurium and Other Recent Developments

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  June 1, 2006 ;   Ball, C; Westhorpe, R N;   787 words ......onset of neuromuscular blockade with good to excellent intubating conditions alter 60 seconds. Duration of action and recovery were...non-depolarizing drug. However they did have reservations. Intubating conditions were variable and it did not provide the consistent excellent...

Mivacurium compared with three different doses of suxamethonium for...

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  October 1, 1998 ;   Hodgson, R; Harvey, P; Burrows, R;   787 words ......suxamethonium lmg/kg had acceptable intubating conditions. Significantly fewer patients...25 mg/kg had acceptable intubating conditions (90% and 70% respectively) (P=0.003). Poor intubating conditions requiring additional relaxation...

Tracheal intubation without muscle relaxant--a technique using sevoflurane...

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  August 1, 2001 ;   Sivalingam, P; Kandasamy, R; Dhakshinamoorthi, P; Madhavan, G;   787 words ......randomized controlled study examined intubating conditions and haemodynamic changes following...Orotracheal intubation and assessment of intubating conditions was performed by one of the investigators...blinded to the subject's group. Intubating conditions were satisfactory or ...

Monitoring neuromuscular transmission

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  April 1, 2002 ;   Torda, T A;   787 words ......by their use? 1. To obtain good intubating conditions, rapidly and without unduly deep...role of NMBD in providing good intubating conditions is not as well investigated as...intubation will already provide adequate intubating conditions and many studies, especially of...

Remifentanil for rapid sequence induction

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  June 1, 1999 ;   Haughton, A; Turley, A; Pollock, N;   762 words ......cardiovascular stability. The combination provided excellent intubating conditions and is an alternative to the conventional rapid sequence...Anesthesiology 1996; 84:686-699. 3. Harsten A, Gillberg GL. Intubating conditions provided by propofol and alfentanil-acceptable but not...

Use of rocuronium and magnesium sulphate

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  October 1, 2005 ;   Raza, M; Agarwal, A; Dhiraj, S; Gupta, D;   251 words ......the entire intubating dose of rocuronium (0.6 mg/kg) before the administration of thiopentone. Rocuronium provides good intubating conditions within 60 seconds2. Had rocuronium been used in a priming dose there might have been some justification. Turan et al...

Cochrane review - Rapid sequence induction

British Journal of Perioperative Nursing;  April 1, 2003 ;   Anonymous;   511 words ......of potassium. Rocuronium has been suggested to create intubating conditions similar to succinylcholine. Previous studies have been...objective was to determine if rocuronium creates comparable intubating conditions to succinylcholine during RSI intubation. Comparisons...

Succinylcholine: An Update

AANA Journal;  June 1, 2006 ;   Anonymous;   720 words ......al) recommend 0.5 and 0.6 mg/kg respectively for good intubating conditions in 95 percent of patients with a decrease in duration...It is perfect in average patients, providing excellent intubating conditions, and oxygenation can be maintained during the apnea period...

A new technique for difficult intubations

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  December 1, 2001 ;   Taraporewalla, K J; Washbourne, D E;   787 words ......determine if Cormack and Lehane scores could be improved using the described fibreoptic technique, thus allowing easier intubating conditions. In order to assess its value for intubation, a study was performed on 53 patients. Thiry-three of these patients were...

Awake intubation made easy and acceptable

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  October 1, 2000 ;   Jenkins, S A; Marshall, C F;   787 words ......administration of lignocaine to confirmation of placement of the endotracheal tube was 12 minutes (range 8 to 19 minutes). Intubating conditions were good and the procedure was well tolerated in all subjects. The mean dose of lignocaine was 4.8 mg.kg^sup -1^ (range...

The effect of oral pyridostigmine bromide nerve agent prophylaxis on...

Military Medicine;  April 1, 2000 ;   Pellegrini, Joseph E;   787 words ......parameter measured. We conclude that the recovery from neuromuscular blockade after succinylcholine is prolonged while the intubating conditions remain unaffected. Introduction Of the known chemical agents, nerve agents are considered the most toxic and are a maior...

Alfentanil co-induction for laryngeal mask insertion

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  April 1, 1999 ;   Ang, S; Cheong, K F; Ng, T I;   787 words ......may be a logical choice for augmenting propofol during anaesthesia. The use of the two drugs has been shown to improve intubating conditions and attenuate the cardiovascular response to intubation without neuromuscular blockade2,3. In this study we aimed to...

Sevoflurane drawover anaesthesia with two Oxford miniature vaporizers in...

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  December 1, 2001 ;   Brook, P N; Perndt, H;   787 words ......the same inhaled drawover carrier gas for maintenance of anaesthesia. One OMV was then turned on to full until suitable intubating conditions were achieved. The time taken for this was noted. Fentanyl 1.5 (mu)g/kg was then administered intravenously, 90 seconds...

Remifentanil and propofol total intravenous anaesthesia for thymectomy in...

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care;  April 1, 1998 ;   Lorimer, M; Hall, R;   787 words ......After three minutes a bolus of 90 mg (1.5 mg/kg) of propofol was given. The trachea was intubated after a further minute. Intubating conditions as assessed according to Young7 were; jaw relaxation-good, cord relaxation-fair and reaction to intubation-slight. Anaesthesia...