Dexmedetomidine vs remifentanil intravenous anaesthesia and spontaneous ventilation for airway foreign body removal in children

Controlled vs Spontaneous Ventilation for Bronchoscopy in Children with Tracheobronchial Foreign Body

Introduction Tracheobronchial foreign body aspiration is a common life-threatening condition in children. There are controversies in the management of this condition, including the type of ventilation during bronchoscopy.  This study aims to compare anesthesia with controlled ventilation versus spontaneous ventilation in rigid bronchoscopy in children with foreign body aspiration.  Materials...

Rigid bronchoscopy for foreign body removal: anaesthesia and ventilation.

Foreign body aspiration is a leading cause of death in children 1-3 years old, although mortality is low for children who reach the hospital. Presenting symptoms of an inhaled foreign body depends on time since aspiration. Immediately after inhalation the child starts to cough, wheeze, or have laboured breathing. If the early signs are missed, the child usually presents with fever and other sig...

Efficacy of manual jet ventilation using Manujet III for bronchoscopic airway foreign body removal in children.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the efficacy of a manual jet ventilation device for bronchoscopic removal of foreign bodies in children. METHODS 360 children aged from 10 months to 12 years old undergoing rigid bronchoscopy for airway foreign body (FB) removal from February 2005 to June 2009 were included in the study. Patients were randomly divided into three groups of 120 patients per group (S, P an...

Manual Jet Ventilation Using Manujet III for Bronchoscopic Airway Foreign Body Removal in Children

Remifentanil in combination with propofol for spontaneous ventilation anaesthesia.

We have investigated the effect of four doses of remifentanil on the incidence of respiratory depression and somatic response at incision. Remifentanil was administered as a loading dose of 0.125, 0.25, 0.375 or 0.5 microgram kg-1 and at a maintenance infusion rate of 0.025, 0.05, 0.075 or 0.1 microgram kg-1 min-1, respectively, with an infusion of propofol 6 mg kg-1 h-1. Responses occurred in ...