Background There is few study to determine whether the use of the lightwand technique alone could achieve effective, safe and successful awake endotracheal intubation （ETI）, therefore we designed a prospective clini...Background There is few study to determine whether the use of the lightwand technique alone could achieve effective, safe and successful awake endotracheal intubation （ETI）, therefore we designed a prospective clinical study to systematically evaluate the feasibility, safety and efficacy of awake ETI using the lightwand alone in patients with difficult airways. Methods Seventy adult patients with difficult airways were enrolled in this study. After the desired sedation with fentanyl and midazolam, airway topical anesthesia was performed with 9 ml of 2% lidocaine, which were in order sprayed in three aliquots at 5 minutes intervals into the supraglottic （two doses） and laryngotracheal areas （one dose） using a combined unit of the lightwand and MADgic atomizer. After airway topical anesthesia, awake ETI was performed using a Lightwand. Subjective assessments by patients and operators using the visual analogue scores （VAS）, and objective assessments by an independent investigator using patients＇ tolerance and reaction scores, coughing severity, intubating conditions and cardiovascular variables were taken as the observed parameters. Results Of 210 airway sprays, 197 （93.8%） were successfully completed on the first attempt. The total time for airway spray was （14.6±1.5） minutes. During airway topical anesthesia, the average patients＇ tolerance scores were 1.7-2.3. After airway topical anesthesia, the mean VAS for discomfort levels that the patients reported was 6.5. Also airway topical anesthesia procedure was rated as acceptable and no discomfort by 94.3% of patients. The lightwand-guided awake ETI was successfully completed on first attempt within 29 seconds in all patients. During awake ETI, patients＇ reaction and coughing scores were 1.9 and 1.6, respectively. All patients exhibited excellent or acceptable intubating conditions. Cardiovascular monitoring revealed that changes of systolic blood pressure and heart rate at each stage of airway manipulations were less than 20% of baseline values. The postoperative follow-up showed that 95.7% of patients had no recall or slight memories of all airway instrumentation. The incidence of postoperative mild airway complications was 38.6%. Conclusion Alone use of the lightwand technique can achieve effective, safe and successful awake ETI in patients with difficult airways.展开更多
Background The authors found no study to compare the efficacy of bolus dose fentanyl and remifentanil blunting the cardiovascular intubation response in children, so they designed this randomized, double-blind clinica...Background The authors found no study to compare the efficacy of bolus dose fentanyl and remifentanil blunting the cardiovascular intubation response in children, so they designed this randomized, double-blind clinical study to assess the effects of remifentanil 2 μg/kg and fentanyl 2 μg/kg by bolus injection on the cardiovascular intubation response in healthy children.Methods One hundred and two children, the American Society of Anesthesiologists （ASA） physical status 1-2 and scheduled for elective plastic surgery under general anesthesia, were randomly divided into one of two groups to receive the following treatments in a double blind manner： remifentanil 2μg/kg （Group R） and fentanyl 2 μg/kg （Group F） when anesthesia was induced with propofol and vecuronium. The orotracheal intubation was performed using a direct laryngoscope. Blood pressure （BP） and heart rate （HR） were recorded before anesthesia induction （baseline values）, immediately before intubation, at intubation and every minute for 5 minutes after intubation. The percent changes of systolic blood pressure （SBP） and HR relative to baseline values and the rate pressure product （RPP） at every observing point were calculated. The incidences of SBP and HR percent changes 〉30% of baseline values and RPP 〉22 000 during the observation were recorded.Results There were no significant differences between groups in the demographic data, baseline values of BP and HR and the intubation time. As compared to baseline values, BP, HR and RPP at intubation and their maximum values during observation increased significantly in Group F, but they all decreased significantly in Group R. BP, HR and RPP at all observed points, and their maximum values during the observation, were significantly different between groups. There were also significant differences between groups in the percent change of SBP and HR relative to baseline values at all observed points and their maximum percent changes during the observation. The incidences of SBP and HR percent increased 〉30% of the baseline values and RPP 〉22 000 during the observation, were significantly higher in Group F than in Group R, but the incidences of SBP and HR percent decreased 〉30% of baseline values were significantly lower in Group F compared with Group R.Conclusions When used as part of routine anesthesia induction with propofol and vecuronium in children, fentanyl 2 μg/kg by bolus injection fails to effectively depress the cardiovascular intubation response. Remifentanil 2 μg/kg by bolus injection can completely abolish the cardiovascular intubation response, but also cause more adverse complications of temporary siclnificant cardiovascular depression.展开更多
Background The GlideScope videolaryngoscope （GSVL） has been shown to have no special advantage over the Macintosh direct laryngoscope （MDL） in attenuating the circulatory responses to orotracheal intubation, but ...Background The GlideScope videolaryngoscope （GSVL） has been shown to have no special advantage over the Macintosh direct laryngoscope （MDL） in attenuating the circulatory responses to orotracheal intubation, but no study has compared the circulatory responses to nasotracheal intubation （NTI） using the two devices. This prospective randomized clinical study was designed to determine whether there was a clinically relevant difference between the circulatory responses to NTI with the GSVL and the MDL. Methods Seventy-six adult patients were randomly allocated equally to the GSVL group and the MDL group. After induction of anesthesia, NTI was performed. Non-invasive blood pressure （BP） and heart rate （HR） were recorded before induction （baseline values） and immediately before intubation （post-induction values）, at intubation and every minute for a further five minutes. During the observation, times required to reach the maximum values of systolic BP （SBP） and HR, times required for recovery of SBP and HR to postinduction values and incidence of SBP and HR percent changes 〉 30% of baseline values were also noted. The product of HR and systolic BP, i.e. rate pressure product （RPP）, and the areas under SBP and HR vs. time curves （AUGsBP and AUGHR） were calculated. Results The NTI with the GSVL resulted in significant increases in BP, HR and RPP compared to postinduction values, but these circulatory changes did not exceed baseline values. BPs at all measuring points, AUGSBP, maximum values of BP and incidence of SBP percent increase 〉 30% of baseline value during the observation did not differ significantly between groups. However, HR and RPP at intubation and their maximum values, AUGHR and incidence of HR percent increase 〉 30% of baseline value were significantly higher in the MDL group than in the GSVL group. Times required for recovery of SBP and HR to postinduction values were significantly longer in the MDL group than in the GSVL group. Conclusions The pressor response to NTI with the GSVL and the MDL was similar, but the tachycardiac response to NTI was lesser and of a shorter duration when using a GSVL than when using an MDL.展开更多
文摘Background There is few study to determine whether the use of the lightwand technique alone could achieve effective, safe and successful awake endotracheal intubation （ETI）, therefore we designed a prospective clinical study to systematically evaluate the feasibility, safety and efficacy of awake ETI using the lightwand alone in patients with difficult airways. Methods Seventy adult patients with difficult airways were enrolled in this study. After the desired sedation with fentanyl and midazolam, airway topical anesthesia was performed with 9 ml of 2% lidocaine, which were in order sprayed in three aliquots at 5 minutes intervals into the supraglottic （two doses） and laryngotracheal areas （one dose） using a combined unit of the lightwand and MADgic atomizer. After airway topical anesthesia, awake ETI was performed using a Lightwand. Subjective assessments by patients and operators using the visual analogue scores （VAS）, and objective assessments by an independent investigator using patients＇ tolerance and reaction scores, coughing severity, intubating conditions and cardiovascular variables were taken as the observed parameters. Results Of 210 airway sprays, 197 （93.8%） were successfully completed on the first attempt. The total time for airway spray was （14.6±1.5） minutes. During airway topical anesthesia, the average patients＇ tolerance scores were 1.7-2.3. After airway topical anesthesia, the mean VAS for discomfort levels that the patients reported was 6.5. Also airway topical anesthesia procedure was rated as acceptable and no discomfort by 94.3% of patients. The lightwand-guided awake ETI was successfully completed on first attempt within 29 seconds in all patients. During awake ETI, patients＇ reaction and coughing scores were 1.9 and 1.6, respectively. All patients exhibited excellent or acceptable intubating conditions. Cardiovascular monitoring revealed that changes of systolic blood pressure and heart rate at each stage of airway manipulations were less than 20% of baseline values. The postoperative follow-up showed that 95.7% of patients had no recall or slight memories of all airway instrumentation. The incidence of postoperative mild airway complications was 38.6%. Conclusion Alone use of the lightwand technique can achieve effective, safe and successful awake ETI in patients with difficult airways.
文摘Background The authors found no study to compare the efficacy of bolus dose fentanyl and remifentanil blunting the cardiovascular intubation response in children, so they designed this randomized, double-blind clinical study to assess the effects of remifentanil 2 μg/kg and fentanyl 2 μg/kg by bolus injection on the cardiovascular intubation response in healthy children.Methods One hundred and two children, the American Society of Anesthesiologists （ASA） physical status 1-2 and scheduled for elective plastic surgery under general anesthesia, were randomly divided into one of two groups to receive the following treatments in a double blind manner： remifentanil 2μg/kg （Group R） and fentanyl 2 μg/kg （Group F） when anesthesia was induced with propofol and vecuronium. The orotracheal intubation was performed using a direct laryngoscope. Blood pressure （BP） and heart rate （HR） were recorded before anesthesia induction （baseline values）, immediately before intubation, at intubation and every minute for 5 minutes after intubation. The percent changes of systolic blood pressure （SBP） and HR relative to baseline values and the rate pressure product （RPP） at every observing point were calculated. The incidences of SBP and HR percent changes 〉30% of baseline values and RPP 〉22 000 during the observation were recorded.Results There were no significant differences between groups in the demographic data, baseline values of BP and HR and the intubation time. As compared to baseline values, BP, HR and RPP at intubation and their maximum values during observation increased significantly in Group F, but they all decreased significantly in Group R. BP, HR and RPP at all observed points, and their maximum values during the observation, were significantly different between groups. There were also significant differences between groups in the percent change of SBP and HR relative to baseline values at all observed points and their maximum percent changes during the observation. The incidences of SBP and HR percent increased 〉30% of the baseline values and RPP 〉22 000 during the observation, were significantly higher in Group F than in Group R, but the incidences of SBP and HR percent decreased 〉30% of baseline values were significantly lower in Group F compared with Group R.Conclusions When used as part of routine anesthesia induction with propofol and vecuronium in children, fentanyl 2 μg/kg by bolus injection fails to effectively depress the cardiovascular intubation response. Remifentanil 2 μg/kg by bolus injection can completely abolish the cardiovascular intubation response, but also cause more adverse complications of temporary siclnificant cardiovascular depression.
文摘Background The GlideScope videolaryngoscope （GSVL） has been shown to have no special advantage over the Macintosh direct laryngoscope （MDL） in attenuating the circulatory responses to orotracheal intubation, but no study has compared the circulatory responses to nasotracheal intubation （NTI） using the two devices. This prospective randomized clinical study was designed to determine whether there was a clinically relevant difference between the circulatory responses to NTI with the GSVL and the MDL. Methods Seventy-six adult patients were randomly allocated equally to the GSVL group and the MDL group. After induction of anesthesia, NTI was performed. Non-invasive blood pressure （BP） and heart rate （HR） were recorded before induction （baseline values） and immediately before intubation （post-induction values）, at intubation and every minute for a further five minutes. During the observation, times required to reach the maximum values of systolic BP （SBP） and HR, times required for recovery of SBP and HR to postinduction values and incidence of SBP and HR percent changes 〉 30% of baseline values were also noted. The product of HR and systolic BP, i.e. rate pressure product （RPP）, and the areas under SBP and HR vs. time curves （AUGsBP and AUGHR） were calculated. Results The NTI with the GSVL resulted in significant increases in BP, HR and RPP compared to postinduction values, but these circulatory changes did not exceed baseline values. BPs at all measuring points, AUGSBP, maximum values of BP and incidence of SBP percent increase 〉 30% of baseline value during the observation did not differ significantly between groups. However, HR and RPP at intubation and their maximum values, AUGHR and incidence of HR percent increase 〉 30% of baseline value were significantly higher in the MDL group than in the GSVL group. Times required for recovery of SBP and HR to postinduction values were significantly longer in the MDL group than in the GSVL group. Conclusions The pressor response to NTI with the GSVL and the MDL was similar, but the tachycardiac response to NTI was lesser and of a shorter duration when using a GSVL than when using an MDL.
