The efficacy of a subhypnotic dose of propofol in preventing laryngospasm following tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy in children

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1094-1097

  Batra, Yatindra Kumar ^a,c   Ivanova, Maya ^a   Ali, Syed Shujat ^a   Shamsah, Mohammed ^a   Qattan, Abdul Raheem Al ^a   Belani, Kumar G ^b  

^a AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Adenotonsillectomy; Laryngospasm; Propofol

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUXAMETHONIUM; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LARYNX SPASM; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TONSILLECTOMY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVICE REMOVAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGISMUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPOFOL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 33644873531     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01633.x     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Olsson GL, Hallen B. Laryngospasm during anaesthesia. A computer-aided incidence study in 136 929 patients. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 1984 28: 567 575.
2. Leicht P, Wisborg T, Chraemmer-Jorgensen B. Does intravenous lidocaine prevent laryngospasm after extubation in children Anesth Analg 1985 64: 1193 1196.
3. Koc C, Kocaman F, Aygenc E et al. The use of preoperative lidocaine to prevent stridor and laryngospasm after tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1998 118: 880 882.
4. Lee CK, Chien TJ, Hsu JC et al. The effect of acupuncture on the incidence of postextubation laryngospasm in children. Anaesthesia 1998 53 917 920.
5. Staffel JG, Weissler MC, Tyler EP et al. The prevention of postoperative stridor and laryngospasm with topical lidocaine. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1991 117: 1123 1128.
6. Tsui BCH, Wagner A, Cave D et al. The incidence of laryngospasm with a no touch extubation technique after tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. Anesth Analg 2004 98 327 329.
7. Afshan G, Chohan U, Qamar-Ul-Hoda M et al. Is there a role of a small dose of propofol in the treatment of laryngospasm Paediatr Anaesth 2002 12: 625 628.
8. Gulhas N, Durmas M, Demirbilek S et al. The use of magnesium to prevent laryngospasm after tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy: a preliminary study. Paediatr Anaesth 2003 13: 43 47.
9. Coleman MF, Reynolds R. The use of topical cocaine to prevent laryngospasm after general anaesthesia on endoscopy procedures. Laryngoscope 1985 95: 474.
10. Roy WL, Lerman J. Laryngospasm in paediatric anaesthesia. Can J Anaesth 1988 35: 93 98.
11. McKeating K, Bali IM, Dundee JW. The effects of thiopentone and propofol on upper airway integrity. Anaesthesia 1988 43: 638 640.
12. Ambalavanar R, Purcell L, Miranda AL et al. Selective suppression of laryngeal adductor responses by N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor blockade in the cat. J Neurophysiol 2002 87 1252 1262.
13. Orser BA, Bertlik H, Wang LY et al. Inhibition by propofol (2,6 di-isopropylphenol) of the N-methyl-D-aspartate subtype of glutamate receptor in cultured hippocampal neurons. Br J Pharmacol 1995 116: 1761 1768.
14. Nawfal M, Baraka A. Propofol for relief of extubation laryngospasm. Anaesthesia 2002 57: 1028.