ATTENUATION OF HEMODYNAMIC RESPONSES TO LARYNGOSCOPY AND INTUBATION – A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN IV ESMOLOL AND IV LIGNOCAINE

DR. SRIDHAR , ANESTHESIA PG ,SVMC TIRUPATI

INTRODUCTION

Endotracheal intubation has become an integral part of anesthetic management and critical care since it was first described by Rowbotham and Magill in 1921

Direct laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation is invariably associated with hemodynamic changes due to reflex sympathetic discharge which can lead to hypertension, tachycardia and arrhythmias.

The hypertension though transient may cause pulmonary edema, myocardial insufficiency, intracranial hemorrhage and rise in intracranial pressure

Hence it is important to attenuate these hemodynamic responses to laryngoscopy and intubation

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