A DOSE-RESPONSE STUDY OF ORAL PREGABALIN PREMEDICATION FOR ATTENTUATION OF HAEMODYNAMIC PRESSOR RESPONSE OF AIRWAY INSTRUMENTATION DURING GENERAL ANAESTHESIA.

Abstract

Background: Laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation have been the mainstay in providing 
adequate airway management and anesthesia delivery. Hemodynamic response to laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation is a sympathetic response,1 which may be the result of an increase in catecholamine activity. Attempts were made by various investigators to reduce the sympathetic response to laryngoscopy and intubation. Methodology- The studywas conducted in the Anesthesiology department, at the tertiary car