Volume : 7, Issue : 5, May - 2018

COMPARISON OF INTUBATING CONDITIONS WITH SUCCINYLCHOLINE AND ROCURONIUM

Dr Ashish Pandey

Abstract :

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Aims and Objectives- To compare the Intubating conditions achieved with Succinylcholine and Rocuronium.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Materials &amp; Methods- The study was conducted in 50 ASA I &amp; II patients randomly allotted into two groups. Group I patients received succinylcholine 1.5 mg/kg and Intubating conditions were assessed at 6o seconds. Group II patients received Rocuronium 0.9 mg/kg and Intubating conditions were assessed at 60 seconds.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Results- All patients could be intubated within 60 seconds of administration of muscle relaxant according to group allocation. Rocuronium 0.9 mg/kg provided clinically acceptable (good to excellent) Intubating conditions in 92% of the cases. Succinylcholine provided good to excellent Intubating conditions in all cases. In Group I 88% of the cases had excellent and 12% of the cases had good Intubating conditions. In group II 40% of the cases had excellent and 52% of the cases had good Intubating conditions whereas 8% of the cases had poor intubation scores.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Conclusion- Rocuronium can be used in elective cases with MP I &amp; MP II grade where there are relative contraindications to the use of succinylcholine.<o:p></o:p></span></p>