Volume : VII, Issue : X, October - 2017

EVALUATION OF INTUBATING CONDITIONS WITH VECURONIUM AND ROCURONIUM

Dr S Naresh Kumar, Dr Kandula Yugandhar

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 AIM : Evaluation Of Intubating Conditions With Rocuronium And Vecuronium  OBJECTIVES : 1) To search for a suitable alternative for succinylcholine for intubation. 2) To study and compare the intubating conditions. 3) To study and compare the haemodynamic changes.

METHODS AND MATERIALS: This prospective,randomized,double blinded ,comparative study was carried out in 60 patients, aged 18–60 years, of ASA 1–2 of either sex, who were scheduled to undergo various surgeries under general anaesthesia.Patients were divided into two groups.Group–R30 received rocuronium 0.6mg/kg intravenously and Group–V30 received vecuronium 0.08 mg/kg intravenously after induction with thiopentone sodium. Intubation was attempted on fading of all four twitches of orbicularis oculi muscle stimulation on train of four stimulation given to temporal anch of facial nerve at every 15 seconds after the injection   of muscle relaxant. Intubating conditions were assessed by the cooper scoring system.

RESULTS: The mean onset time was significantly rapid in Gr. R30 80+_15.42 seconds as compared to Gr. V30 135+_36.74. seconds.The mean duration of action was longer in Gr.R30  that is 34.3+_6.20 compared to Gr.V30 30.16+_10.54. Overall intubating conditions were excellent in 90% patients in Gr. R30 as compared to 73.3 % patients in Gr. V30.

CONCLUSION: Both rocuronium and vecuronium have intermediate  duration of action, however rocuronium provides clinically acceptable intubating conditions much earlier than vecuronium. 

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DR S NARESH KUMAR, DR KANDULA YUGANDHAR, EVALUATION OF INTUBATING CONDITIONS WITH VECURONIUM AND ROCURONIUM, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-10 | October-2017

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