The role of atropine premedication in fiberoptic bronchoscopy using intravenous midazolam sedation

Chest

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1394-1398

  Williams, Tim ^a   Brooks, Tina ^a   Ward, Cliff ^a  

^a Kettering General Hospital NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atropine; Bronchoscopy; Midazolam; Premedication

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHODILATATION; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031954756     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.113.5.1394     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Simpson FG, Arnold AG, Purvis A, et al. Postal survey of bronchoscopic practice by physicians in the United Kingdom. Thorax 1986; 41:311-17
2. Prakash UBS, Offord KP, Stubbs SE. Bronchoscopy in North America: the ACCP survey. Chest 1991; 100:1668-75
3. Seaton A, Seaton D, Leitch AG. In: Crofton & Douglas's respiratory diseases. 4th ed. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1989
4. Williams TJ, Nicoulet I, Coleman E, et al. Safety and patient acceptability of intravenous midazolam for fibre optic bronchoscopy. Respir Med 1994; 88:305-07
5. Quanjer PH, Tammeling GJ, Coates JE, et al. Lung volumes and forced ventilatory flows - official statement of the European Respiratory Society. Eur Respir J 1993; 6(suppl):5-40
6. Neuhaus A, Markowitz D, Rotman HH, et al. The effects of fiberoptic bronchoscopy with and without atropine premeditation on pulmonary function in humans. Ann Thorac Surg 1978; 25:393-98
7. Thorburn JR, James MFN, Feldman C, et al. Comparison of the effects of Atrovent and glycopyrrolate on pulmonary mechanics in patients undergoing fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Anesth Analg 1986; 65:1285-89
8. Ameer B, Burlingame MB, Harman EM. Systemic absorption of topical lidocaine in elderly and young adults undergoing bronchoscopy. Pharmacotherapy 1989; 9:74-81
9. Vickers MD, Morgan M, Spencer PSJ. Drugs in anaesthetic practice. 7th ed. Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, 1991; 296
10. Wood M, Wood AJJ. In: Drugs and anesthesia: pharmacology for anesthesiologists. 2nd ed. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1990; 116-17
11. Colt HG, Morris JF. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy without premedication: a retrospective study. Chest 1990; 98: 1327-30
12. Roffe C, Smith MJ, Basran GS. Anticholinergic premedication for fibreoptic bronchoscopy. Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 1994; 49:101-06
13. Makker H, Kishen R, O'Driscoll R. Atropine as premedication for bronchoscopy. Lancet 1995; 345:724-25