Pharmacological methods for reducing coughing on emergence from elective surgery after general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation: protocol for a systematic review of common medications and network meta-analysis

Pharmacological methods for reducing coughing on emergence from elective surgery after general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation: protocol for a systematic review of common medications and network meta-analysis

Abstract Background Emergence coughing and bucking, secondary to endotracheal tube stimulation of the tracheal mucosa, frequently occurs after the general anesthetic recedes. Besides general unpleasantness, coughing has important physiological sequelae that may be detrimental to the postoperative pa...

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Main Authors: Alan Tung, Nicholas A. Fergusson, Nicole Ng, Vivien Hu, Colin Dormuth, Donald G. E. Griesdale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:Systematic Reviews
Subjects:
Cough
General anesthesia
Extubation
Emergence
Network meta-analysis
Systematic review
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-019-0947-2

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