Cardiac dysrhythmias during oral surgery. Comparison of hyoscine and droperidol premedication |
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| Authors: | D.C. Smith B Med Sci BM BS FFARCS P. O''Connell |
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| Affiliation: | Registrar, Cardiac Department, University College Hospital, Gower Street, London WCIE 6AU.;Technician, Cardiac Department, University College Hospital, Gower Street, London WCIE 6AU. |
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| Abstract: | The incidence of cardiac dysrhythmias during inpatient dental anaesthesia under halothane was studied following either hyoscine or droperidol as a supplement to papaveretum for premedication. Forty-three percent of patients given hyoscine exhibited cardiac dysrhythmias compared to 23 percent of the group given droperidol (p = 0.03). The incidence of dysrhythmias bore no relationship to the age, sex or weight of the patient, nor to the end tidal carbon dioxide tension. |
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| Keywords: | Complications dysrhythmia Premedication droperidol, hyoscine |
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