Lidocaine Spray to Prevent Laryngospasm in Air Ways Surgeries | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 13, Issue 3, September 2016, Pages 0-0 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Adil Hadi Salihy; Wissam Kadhum Abdel Amer; Malath Azeez Al-Saadi | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Laryngospasm is life threatening event that complicate airway surgeries requiring especial attention to prevent. To evaluate the advantage of pre intubation lidocaine spray to the laryngeal mucosa to prevent extubation laryngospasm. 80 patients of both sexes below 9 years old admitted for adenoidectomy or rigid bronchoscope foreign body removal included in this study. All patients were from risk groups to develop laryngospasm.At induction stage, before intubation and bronchoscope introduction 10%lidocain sprayed to the laryngeal mucosa . The incidence of laryngospasmis noticed after removal of endotracheal tube and bronchoscope. All patients included in this study for both types of surgical procedures not develop any type of laryngospasm whether partial or complete after extubation Lidocaine spray can prevent laryngospasm in risk patients. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| lidocaine; Spray; laryngospasm; foreign body | ||
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