Attenuation of haemodynamic responses to laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation with intravenous dexmedetomidine: A comparison between two doses.

Background And Aims: Laryngoscopic manipulation and endotracheal intubation are noxious stimuli capable of producing tachycardia, arrhythmias and hypertension. The aim of this study was to arrive at an optimal dose of dexmedetomidine by comparing two doses with placebo to attenuate stress response during laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation.

Methods: It was a randomised, prospective, double-blind placebo-controlled study.

Effect of Oral Pregabalin as Preemptive Analgesic in Patients Undergoing Lower Limb Orthopedic Surgeries under Spinal Anaesthesia.

Introduction: Conquering postoperative pain which has significant impact on the surgery outcome can be challenging for the clinicians. Pregabalin is a GABA analogue used for various neuropathic pain syndromes. Very few studies are there with the use of pregabalin as a preemptive analgesic for orthopedic surgeries.

Comparison of injection lignocaine (preservative free) 1.5 mg/kg i.v with oral pregabalin 150 mg for attenuation haemodynamic response to laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation.

Endotracheal intubation is sine quo non for safe conduct of general anaesthesia. Pregabalin, an anticonvulsant drug is being studied for control of haemodynamic response to laryngoscopy and intubation. Some authors have found that pregabalin 150 mg orally attenuates the haemodynamic response to laryngoscopy.

Alcoholic delirium tremens with hollow viscus perforation scheduled for emergency laparotomy.

Alcohol is a drug consumed at some time in life by up to 80% of the population according to western statistics. Wide differences in socioeconomic status in India contribute to various degrees and severity of alcoholism and its associated complications. The symptoms of alcohol withdrawal range from such minor ones as insomnia and tremulousness to severe complications such as withdrawal seizures and delirium tremens.