Fei Wang, Haoxiang Zhong, Xiaoyan Xie, Weiping Sha, Caili Li, Zhenping Li, Zhuomei Huang, Chaojin Chen
OBJECTIVES: To examine the efficacy of intratracheal dexmedetomidine (Dex) injection for the prevention of the laryngeal response on emergence from general anaesthesia following gynaecological laparoscopic surgery. DESIGN: Prospective, randomised, double-blinded, controlled trial. SETTING: A general hospital, Guangdong Province, China. PARTICIPANTS: All patients who underwent elective laparoscopic gynaecological surgery, aged 18-60 years old, 40-80 kg in weight, American Society of Anesthesiologists class I-II were eligible...
April 10, 2018: BMJ Open