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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 3, 366-377, Copyright © 1956 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

An Evaluation of Local and General Anaesthesia for Diagnostic Bronchoscopy

H. BARRIE FAIRLEY M.B., B.S., F.F.A.R.C.S.1

1 Department of Anaesthesia, Toronto General Hospital; lately, Registrar, Department of Anaesthesia, Brompton Hospital, London, England.

Some of the advantages and disadvantages of local and general anaesthesia for bronchoscopy have been discussed and the findings in a series of 275 cases reported. It is shown that general anaesthesia is preferable to a high percentage of patients, permitting an easier instrumentation and quicker examination and giving fewer complications of trauma; but the present technique, using succinyl-choline and thiopentone, introduces several further complications, figures for which are given. It is suggested that, while each case should be considered on its merits, general anaesthesia will be the anaesthesia of choice in the vast majority of cases. Suggestions are made for improvements in the current technique.

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Presented at the Annual Meeting, Canadian Anaesthetists' Society, Mont Tremblant, P.Q.






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