Transtracheal lidocaine: An alternative to intraoperative propofol infusion when muscle relaxants are not used

Background: Facial nerve monitoring, often required during total parotidectomy, precludes use of long acting muscle relaxants and propofol infusion is used solely to ensure patient immobility. We aimed to compare intraoperative patient immobility, hemodynamic stability and propofol consumption durin...

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Main Authors: Sunil Rajan, Nitu Puthenveettil, Jerry Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology
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Online Access:http://www.joacp.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9185;year=2014;volume=30;issue=2;spage=199;epage=202;aulast=Rajan