TY - JOUR
T1 - Succinylcholine for emergency airway rescue in class b ambulatory facilities
T2 - The society for ambulatory anesthesia position statement
AU - Joshi, Girish P.
AU - Desai, Meena S.
AU - Gayer, Steven
AU - Vila, Hector
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 International Anesthesia Research Society.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Procedures in class B ambulatory facilities are performed exclusively with oral or IV sedativehypnotics and/or analgesics. These facilities typically do not stock dantrolene because no known triggers of malignant hyperthermia (ie, inhaled anesthetics and succinylcholine) are available. This article argues that, in the absence of succinylcholine, the morbidity and mortality from laryngospasm can be significant, indeed, higher than the unlikely scenario of succinylcholine- triggered malignant hyperthermia. The Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA) position statement for the use of succinylcholine for emergency airway management is presented.
AB - Procedures in class B ambulatory facilities are performed exclusively with oral or IV sedativehypnotics and/or analgesics. These facilities typically do not stock dantrolene because no known triggers of malignant hyperthermia (ie, inhaled anesthetics and succinylcholine) are available. This article argues that, in the absence of succinylcholine, the morbidity and mortality from laryngospasm can be significant, indeed, higher than the unlikely scenario of succinylcholine- triggered malignant hyperthermia. The Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia (SAMBA) position statement for the use of succinylcholine for emergency airway management is presented.
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U2 - 10.1213/ANE.0000000000001682
DO - 10.1213/ANE.0000000000001682
M3 - Article
C2 - 27984222
AN - SCOPUS:85018334497
SN - 0003-2999
VL - 124
SP - 1447
EP - 1449
JO - Anesthesia and analgesia
JF - Anesthesia and analgesia
IS - 5
ER -