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Tracheal administration of atropine in children—effect on heart rate
Author(s) -
JØRGENSEN BENT,
ØSTERGAARD DORIS
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-9592.1997.00693.x
Subject(s) - atropine , medicine , heart rate , saline , anesthesia , increased heart rate , throat , blood pressure , surgery
Forty‐one ASA I patients, aged 2–6 years, anaesthetized for elective ear, nose and throat surgery, were studied in a double blind and randomized fashion in order to examine the effect of tracheally administered atropine 0.02 mg·kg −1 or saline 0.9% on heart rate. In patients receiving atropine heart rate increased 8.8 beats·min −1 (8.7%) and 16.2 beats·min −1 (16.0%) after 3 and 5 min respectively. No increase in heart rate was seen in the saline group. Because of the late onset of action and only moderate increase in heart rate it is concluded that tracheal administration of atropine 0.02 mg·kg −1 to children is insufficient in emergency situations.