PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - P J Rees
AU  - J G Hay
AU  - J R Webb
TI  - Premedication for fibreoptic bronchoscopy.
AID  - 10.1136/thx.38.8.624
DP  - 1983 Aug 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 624--627
VI  - 38
IP  - 8
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/38/8/624.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/38/8/624.full
SO  - Thorax1983 Aug 01; 38
AB  - A randomised, double-blind trial of atropine, atropine plus papaveretum, and atropine plus diazepam given intramuscularly as premedication for fibreoptic bronchoscopy in 60 patients showed no difference between the three regimens as assessed by bronchoscopist or patient. Bronchoscopists frequently attributed a sedative action to atropine alone and their assessment of tolerance and sedation was more optimistic than that of the patients. In a second study comparing intravenous diazepam (10 mg) with saline, after prior intramuscular atropine (0.6 mg), both the bronchoscopists and the patients noted a significant sedative effect of diazepam, and coughing was reduced by diazepam.