RANDOMISED CONTROLLED STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTS OF
NITROGLYCERINE SUBLINGUAL SPRAY ON TRACHEAL EXTUBATION RESPONSE
IN NORMOTENSIVE PATIENTS UNDERGOING SURGERIES UNDER GENERAL
ANAESTHESIA
Tracheal extubation is the translaryngeal removal of a tube from the trachea via the nose or mouth and associated with awakening, pain, anxiety, airway irritation which may cause a cough or difculties in breathing and may contribute to an increase in haemodynamic response (1) .Several modalities, both pharmacological and nonpharmacological have been tried to decrease this stress response with variable success. We undertook this study to assess the efcacy of NTG spray in decreasing extubation related stress response in normotensive patients undergoing elective surgeries under general anaesthesia. Material and methods : Sixty normotensive patients were included in study and randomly subdivided into two groups of 30 patients each – group N receiving NTG spray and Group C not receiving NTG spray prior to extubation. Hemodynamic stress response during extubation was noted in both the groups and compared. Result and conclusion : Extubation was associated with signicant rise in systolic, diastolic and mean arterial blood pressure and heart rate in both the groups, but this stress response was signicantly less in NTG Group as compared to control group.