Do you use atropine before tracheotomy

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A few days ago, a patient who had been hit by a car was sent to the hospital. She was unconscious all the time and lay in the hospital for several days. Later, the doctor gave her a tracheotomy. Now, the patient has slowly begun to wake up after the operation. Let's talk about the use of atropine before tracheotomy.

Do you use atropine before tracheotomy

First: This is the medicine that must be used before the operation. The main function is to reduce stress and reduce gland secretion during operation, to prevent excessive tracheal mucus secretion leading to asphyxia. The injection site can be on one side or on both sides.

Second: Atropine does not have the effect of relieving the inhibition of vagus nerve on the heart, which can easily lead to arrhythmia and even cardiogenic shock. Therefore, the elderly should be cautious in the intravenous test of atropine, and observe the changes of the disease after the injection.

Third: most of the surgical operations should be injected with atropine before operation, in order to reduce the respiratory tract problems caused by anesthesia. But some operations because the operation is relatively small, may cause the gastrointestinal reaction the probability to be quite small, also may not need to inject the atropine. Generally speaking, abdominal surgery with spinal anesthesia more, mostly to inject atropine.

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The nursing after tracheotomy is very important, especially the 24 hours after the operation. For the patients at the beginning of the operation, they usually take the lateral position to facilitate the discharge of intratracheal secretions, prevent local infection, care for the patients, and give spiritual comfort, so as to help the patients recover as soon as possible.