Clinical case series: Sedoanalgesia for thoracoscopic procedures

Thoracoscopy is a procedure increasingly used because it is minimally invasive and assists in the diagnosis and treatment of different types of pathologies. The anaesthetic technique has evolved over time. In the beginning it was necessarily invasive, by selective or non-selective intubation; now it...

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Main Authors: O. Carrillo Torres, J.A. Morantes Acevedo, R.A. Vieyra Jaime, C.R. Ramos Hernández, L. Rodríguez Contreras, B. Vargas Ábrego
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Permanyer 2018-10-01
Series:Revista Médica del Hospital General de México
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S018510631630124X
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Summary:Thoracoscopy is a procedure increasingly used because it is minimally invasive and assists in the diagnosis and treatment of different types of pathologies. The anaesthetic technique has evolved over time. In the beginning it was necessarily invasive, by selective or non-selective intubation; now it is non-invasive with appropriate regional anaesthesia and intravenous analgesia/sedation in selected cases. At the Hospital General de México “Dr. Eduardo Liceaga”, in a significant proportion of cases thoracoscopy is currently done with the patient awake so we consider it necessary to report some of these cases along with the results obtained. Resumen: La toracoscopia es un procedimiento cada vez más utilizado al ser poco invasivo y coadyuvar en el diagnóstico y tratamiento de diferentes tipos de patologías. La técnica anestésica ha evolucionado con el paso de tiempo de ser necesariamente invasiva, mediante la intubación selectiva o no selectiva, a ser no invasiva con una adecuada anestesia regional y analgesia/sedación intravenosa en casos seleccionados. En el Hospital General de México “Dr. Eduardo Liceaga” actualmente se realiza la toracoscopia con el paciente despierto en una proporción importante de casos por lo que consideramos necesario reportar algunos de estos casos acompañados de los resultados obtenidos. Keywords: Anaesthesia, Thoracoscopy, Sedation, Palabras clave: Anestesia, Toracoscopia, Sedación
ISSN:0185-1063