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Laryngospasm Notch Maneuver

Aka: Laryngospasm Notch Maneuver, Laryngospasm on Induction
  1. See Also
    1. Ketamine
    2. Procedural Sedation
    3. Advanced Airway
  2. Indications
    1. Laryngospasm (especially with Ketamine in children)
  3. Mechanism
    1. Unclear (may be due to jaw-thrust motion or vagal nerve stimulation)
  4. Technique
    1. Bilateral Landmarks
      1. Identify a notch posterior to Ear Pinna and anterior to mastoid process
      2. Pressure point will be at the very apex of the notch, as hig has possible along the posterior edge of Mandible ramus
    2. Maneuver
      1. Press on both sides, at the apex of each notch
      2. Push inward and anterior at each of the 2 notches
    3. Effect
      1. Laryngospasm typically improves within 1-2 breaths
  5. Management: Alternative Measures for Laryngospasm with Consious Sedation or Induction
    1. See Ketamine
    2. Jaw Thrust Maneuver
    3. Two-handed bag-valve mask (BVM)
    4. Paralysis (Rocuronium or Succinylcholine) and intubation
  6. Resources
    1. ALIEM: Laryngospasm Notch Maneuver (Lin, 2010)
      1. https://www.aliem.com/2010/trick-of-trade-laryngospasm-notch/
  7. References
    1. Larson (1998) Anesthesiology 89:1293-4 +PMID:9822036 [PubMed]

Laryngospasm on induction (C0920061)

Concepts Injury or Poisoning (T037)
Dutch laryngospasme tijdens inductie
German Laryngospasmus bei Einleitung
Italian Laringospasmo all'induzione dell'anestesia
Portuguese Laringospasmo induzido
Spanish Laringospasmo durante la inducción
Japanese 麻酔導入時喉頭痙攣, ﾏｽｲﾄﾞｳﾆｭｳｼﾞｺｳﾄｳｹｲﾚﾝ
French Laryngospasme à l'induction
Czech Laryngozpasmus při úvodu do anestezie
Hungarian Laryngospasmus anaesthesia indukciója során
English Laryngospasm on induction
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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