Tracheal Intubation without Muscle Relaxant Comparison Between Three Techniques

Tracheal intubation in children using sevoflurane without muscle relaxant. A novel approach using apnea as clinical indicator

Introduction Many clinical indicators for tracheal intubation in children using sevoflurane without muscle relaxant have been used. None of the study showed 100% excellent intubating conditions. A single large study showing 80% excellent intubating conditions, noticed that persistence of spontaneous ventilation before intubation had very poor intubating conditions. So, our study aimed to achiev...

Tracheal intubation of outpatients with and without muscle relaxants.

PURPOSE To compare intubating conditions and postoperative myalgias in outpatients after intubation with propofol/alfentanil compared with propofol/alfentanil/succinylcholine with and without precurarisation with d-tubocurarine. METHODS 144 ASA I-II ambulatory patients for dental extraction under anesthesia were studied. Subjects received either 3 mg d-tubocurarine (Group II) or saline (Group...

Lightwand tracheal intubation with and without muscle relaxation.

BACKGROUND Lightwand tracheal intubation is a suitable technique for patients who are difficult to intubate but who are receiving effective ventilation. The effect of muscle relaxants on the efficacy of lightwand intubation has not yet been evaluated. The authors conducted a prospective, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the effectiveness and incidence of complications of lightwa...

tracheal intubation without use of muscle relaxants: comparison of remifentanil and alfentanil

Tracheal Intubation Without Use of Muscle Relaxants: Comparison of Remifentanil and Alfentanil

My objective is to analyze the efficiency of remifentanil-propofol and alfentanil-propofol combinations for laryngoscopic endotracheal intubation in the absence of muscle relaxants. This analysis reviews the work by Imani et al. (1). Muscle relaxants are frequently used to facilitate endotracheal intubation during anesthesia induction. However, the administration of short-acting depolarizing mu...