Abstract
The success of awake intubation depends on the ability of the anaesthesiologist and adequate sedation which promotes safe intubation in a cooperative patient. In order to achieve this, it is advisable to know the pharmacokinetics of the different drugs and choose those which you are more familiarised with.
Keywords: Awake fibreoptic intubation, Dexmedetomidine, Difficult airway, Fentanyl, Flexible bronchoscopy, Midazolam, Propofol, Remifentanil, Sedation, Sevoflurane, TCI.
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Maria Aliaño Piña, Miguel Ángel Fernández Vaquero ;An Update on the Sedative Agents on Awake Intubation, Recent Advances in Anesthesiology An Update on Airway Management (2020) 3: 123. https://doi.org/10.2174/9789811432385120030015
DOI https://doi.org/10.2174/9789811432385120030015 |
Print ISSN 2589-9384 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 2589-9392 |