DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.73032 ISSN: 2050-0904
Successful Management of Total Intravenous Anesthesia Using Remimazolam, Dexmedetomidine, and Remifentanil for Airway Stenting Under Rigid Bronchoscopy: A Case Report
Yoko Kurihara, Maiko Hosokawa, Kiyoko Bito, Yusuke Ishida, Mariko Saito, Rena Fukura, Katsunori OeABSTRACT
During airway stenting for airway stenosis under rigid bronchoscopy, preservation of spontaneous breathing is desirable. We describe safe anesthesia management for left bronchial stent insertion for cancer‐induced airway stenosis using remifentanil and remimazolam, due to their short half‐life and availability of an antagonist, with maintenance of spontaneous respiration without hypoxemia.