Open AccessPremedication dilemmas, is Pregabalin the answer?
Author(s) -
Preetha George,
Reetika Chander,
Dootika Liddle,
Valsamma Abraham
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of research in pharmacy practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2319-9644
pISSN - 2279-042X
DOI - 10.4103/2279-042x.162364
Subject(s) - premedication , medicine , pregabalin , anesthesia
Laryngoscopy and intubation are associated with sympathetic stimulation which can prove deleterious in patients with cardiovascular compromise; so, various methods have been tried to obtund this pressor response. In this study, we have assessed the efficacy of pregabalin in attenuating the pressor response to laryngoscopy and intubation.