Acupuncture and related techniques are increasingly practiced in conventional medical
settings, and the number of patients willing to use these techniques is increasing. Despite …

Accumulated evidences from clinical trials and updated reviews suggest that the role of
acupuncture in perioperative medicine extends beyond the classical scope of anaesthesia …

Tracheal extubation is a high‐risk phase of anaesthesia. The majority of problems that occur
during extubation and emergence are of a minor nature, but a small and significant number …

Introduction. Despite its increasing use as a complementary therapy to treat pain,
acupuncture is rarely considered by pediatricians, in part due to perceptions that it will not …

Laryngospasm is a common complication in pediatric anesthesia. In the majority of cases,
laryngospasm is self‐limiting. However, sometimes laryngospasm persists and if not …

IMPLICATIONS: This study re-emphasizes the importance of a sound anesthetic technique
in tracheally extubating pediatric patients. Preventing laryngospasm is an important …

PERIOPERATIVE laryngospasm is an anesthetic emer-gency that is still responsible for
significant morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients. 1 It is a relatively frequent …

Identifying the risk factors and taking the necessary precautions are the key points in
prevention of laryngospasm. An experienced anesthesiologist is associated with lower …

Pediatric laryngospasm is an anesthetic emergency. It is a relatively common phenomenon
that occurs with varying frequency dependent on multiple factors. In view of this and the …

Background: Propofol has been found to depress the laryngeal reflexes. We studied whether
this property could be utilized to relieve laryngeal spasm. Methods: This study was …