DOES ATROPINE PREMEDICATION AFFECT THE CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE TO LARYNGOSCOPY AND INTUBATION?

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1 October 1982

journal article
research article
Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia

Vol. 54 (10) , 1065-1069
https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/54.10.1065

Abstract

The effect of atropine premedication 1. v and i.m. on the cardiovascular changes resulting from laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation has been evaluated in 139 patients undergoing maior surgery. Atropine administered i.v. and i.m. did not affect the hypertensive response to laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation, but did augment the tachycardia and increased the frequency of cardiac arrhythmia observed during intubation of the trachea.

Keywords

AFFECT
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
INTUBATION
LARYNGOSCOPY
PREMEDICATION
ATROPINE
ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION
ABSTRACT SUMMARIES
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA
TACHYCARDIA
HYPERTENSION
SURGICAL PROCEDURES
OPERATIVE
SURGERY SPECIALTY
TRACHEA

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