European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

The prospective randomized open controlled study was done to compare tracheal extubation response following nitroglycerine (NTG) sublingual spray in hypertensive patients

BACKGROUND: Cervical ripening is one of the methods employed for induction of labour.
Cervicalripening involves the usage of pharmacological agents or other means to soften, efface or
dilate thecervix to increase the likelihood of a vaginal delivery. Induction of labour (IOL) is the
process
ofinitiatingcontractionsinpregnantpersonswhoarecurrentlynotinlabour,tohelpthemachievevaginaldel
ivery within 24 to 48 hours. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY: The objective of the study is
tocompare the efficacy and safety of two different routes of regimen of misoprostol for cervical
ripeningand induction of labour. MATERIALS &METHODS: This prospective comparative
study, wasconducted in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Adesh Medical College,
for a periodfrom may January 2021 to June 2021. We enrolled 100 patients in our study. We
divided the
patientsintotwogroupsrandomlyintoGroupAandGroupB.GroupAweadministeredmisoprostolvaginal
lyandGroupBsublingually.Thedoseusedforboththegroupswas25μg.RESULTS&CONCLUSIONS:
In our study, we found that there were no statistically significant differences indemographis,
Bishops Score after induction, number of doses required, complications (foetal distress,meconium
stained liquor and hyper stimulation), maternal side effects and neonatal Apgar
Scoresbetweenthetwogroups.Therewerestatisticallyhighlysignificantdifferencesintheneedforoxytoci
naugmentation between the two groups. Oxytocin augmentation was more in group B in patients
ascomparedto patients in group A.

Background: Endotracheal intubation is a common mode of securing the airway for
administering general anaesthesia. Direct laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation is almost
always associated with haemodynamic changes due to reflex sympathetic stimulation caused
by laryngopharyngeal stimulation.
Methods: A prospective, randomized controlled clinical study was undertaken to compare
the efficacy of oropharyngeal lignocaine spray (group L,n=30) and sublingual nitroglycerine
spray (group N, n=30) in blunting of haemodynamic response to laryngoscopy and intubation
belonging to ASA I, posted for surgery under general anaesthesia.
Results: There was statistically significant difference in the mean heart rate between the
groups for the first 3 minutes after intubation. Statistical evaluation between the groups
showed the mean SBP was statistically significant (p=0.036) for initial 3 mins after intubation
and also at 5th 6th & 10th minute. Statistical evaluation between the groups showed that
mean DBP 1st minute after intubation was statistically significant (p=0.008). The difference
was significant at 4, 5, 6 and 9 min after intubation. Statistical evaluation between the groups
did not show any statistical difference in the MAP except at 5th & 6th minute. However,
there was no clinically significant difference in any of the above groups.
Conclusion: Both sublingual NTG & lignocaine group successfully blunted the intubation
response, sublingual NTG spray was better in suppressing the BP response to laryngoscopy
and intubation than oropharyngeal lignocaine spray but lignocaine controlled the HR
response better than NTG.