Ideal Drug for Frug Induced Sleep Endoscopy, Protocol Vs Dexmedetomidine- Systematic Review

Drug induced sleep endoscopy is the most important investigation before surgical planning of obstructive sleep apnea patient. It is performed by artificially inducing sleep in a patient and performing nasal endoscopy in order to identify the site of upper airway obstruction. The most appropriate anesthetic agent would be that which induces sleep without any respiratory inhibition. Propofol has been widely used to perform drug induced sleep endoscopy. However, Dexmedetomidine is a newer drug which has shown to have many advantages making it suitable to drug induced nasal endoscopy. The present study is a systematic review of English literature which compares the utility of Propofol and dexmedetomidine in drug induced sleep endoscopy.