Safety application of muscle relaxants and the traditional low-frequency ventilation during the flexible or rigid bronchoscopy in patients with central airway obstruction: a retrospective observational study

• Published in: BMC anesthesiology Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 106 - 9
• Main Authors: Li, Jing-Jin, Li, Nan, Ma, Wei-Jia, Bao, Ming-Xue, Chen, Zi-Yang, Ding, Zheng-Nian
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 06.04.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adverse events; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Airway management; Airway obstruction (Medicine); Airway Obstruction - therapy; Anesthesia; Anesthesia management; Anesthesia, General; Atracurium; Bronchoscopy; Bronchoscopy - methods; Bronchospasm; Carbon dioxide; Care and treatment; Central airway obstruction; Cisatracurium; Complications and side effects; Correlation analysis; Cough; Dosage; Dyspnea; Endoscopy; Extubation; Female; Gas exchange; General anesthesia; Humans; Hypoxemia; Hypoxia - etiology; Intubation; Laryngeal Masks; Male; Medical personnel; Medical societies; Middle Aged; Muscle relaxants; Muscle Relaxants, Central - administration & dosage; Muscles; Musculoskeletal system; Observational studies; Oxygen saturation; Patients; Respiration; Respiratory tract; Retrospective Studies; Risk factors; Skeletal muscle; Statistical analysis; Surgery; Traditional low-frequency ventilation; Ventilation; Ventilators; Young Adult; Bronchoscopy; Muscle relaxants; Anesthesia management; Central airway obstruction; Traditional low-frequency ventilation

Bronchoscopy treatments of central airway obstruction (CAO) under general anesthesia are high-risky procedures, and posing a giant challenge to the anesthesiologists. We summarized and analyzed our clinical experience in patients with CAO undergoing flexible or rigid bronchoscopy, to estimate the sa...