Effect of Single-dose Dexmedetomidine on Airway Reflex in Adult With Oral Intubation After Thyroidectomy

Summary

Coughing during emergence from general anaesthesia may lead to dangerous effects including laryngospasm, detrimental haemodynamic changes. Post-thyroidectomy bleeding occurs in 1-4% of patients, and severe coughing may cause bleeding. Dexmedetomidine, a potent α adrenoreceptor agonist, is theoretically appropriate for reducing airway and haemodynamic reflexes during emergence from anaesthesia. In this study, we investigated whether intravenous single-dose dexmedetomidine at the end of surgery reduces coughing during extubation after thyroidectomy.

Timeline

Start

2012-12

Primary completion

2013-01

Completion

2013-06

Publications

• Lee JS, Choi SH, Kang YR, Kim Y, Shim YH. Efficacy of a single dose of dexmedetomidine for cough suppression during anesthetic emergence: a randomized controlled trial. Can J Anaesth. 2015 Apr;62(4):392-8. doi: 10.1007/s12630-014-0295-6. Epub 2014 Dec 19.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.