A MODIFIED TECHNIQUE OF TUBELESS ANESTHESIA FOR MICROLARYNGOSCOPY ANDBRONCHOSCOPY IN YOUNG-CHILDREN WITH STRIDOR

Sixty children including neonates and infants, with strider undergoing investigations under general anaesthesia, were studied retrospectivel y. General anaesthesia was induced using an inhalational technique wit h halothane and was maintained with propofol infusion without the use of tracheal intubation. The ages ranged from three days to two years a nd five months. In most of the cases after propofol infusion, there wa s a slight drop in blood pressure without change in heart rate. This m odified technique was found to be satisfactory in most of the cases.