ASSESSMENT OF HEMODYNAMIC STRESS RESPONSE DURING LARYNGOSCOPY USING MACINTOSH AND AIRTRAQ® LARYNGOSCOPE IN PATIENT UNDERGOING CABG

Abstract

Background: Cardiac surgical patients are prone to develop hemodynamic instability on induction of anaesthesia. Stress response to laryngoscopy & endotracheal intubation is common in surgical patients. One of the most recently introduced laryngoscope device is Airtraq® optical laryngoscope