Airway Responses During Desflurane Anesthesia Via a Laryngeal Mask Airway: Effects of Fentanyl Pretreatment
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2011-06-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The investigators plan to test the hypothesis that pretreatment with fentanyl prior to
induction of anesthesia would result in reduce the incidence of movements and airway
responses to desflurane in patients breathing spontaneously through a laryngeal mask airway
(LMA). The primary aim of this study is to assess the effect of fentanyl pretreatment on the
incidence of movement during induction of anesthesia. Secondary aim of the study is to
evaluate the effects of titration of fentanyl according to the respiratory rate on the
incidence of intraoperative respiratory events such as coughing, breath holding and
laryngospasm.