Topical Pharyngeal Lidocaine Reduces Respiratory Adverse Events During Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopies Under Ketamine Sedation in Children.
Jose Carlos Flores-GonzalezAna Estalella-MendozaPatricia Rodríguez-CampoyMónica Saldaña-ValderasAlfonso M Lechuga-SanchoPublished in: Paediatric drugs (2019)
Topical lidocaine premedication significantly reduced the incidence of RAEs in children during UGEs under ketamine sedation. Our findings should be confirmed by a double-blind randomized controlled trial.