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Irritant receptors are also vagally mediated and may cause cough, laryngospasm, bronchoconstriction or bradycardia.

One major liability risk with procedural sedation involves failing to have proper preparation, with oxygen, suction, oral airway devices, and other supportive equipment readily available for rescue intervention in the case of prolonged apnea or laryngospasm, says John Burton, MD, residency program director of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Albany (NY) Medical Center.

Symptoms of acid reflux into the larynx may include laryngitis, hoarseness, sensation of a lump in the throat, post-nasal drip, chronic throat clearing, excessive throat mucous, sore throat, cough, laryngospasm (spasm of the throat), and/ or throat pain.

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Being unable to treat laryngospasm immediately because the drugs are inaccessible occurred to me YESTERDAY in the PACU.

Although laryngospasm occurred in five patients of Groups TVB and VCB, it resolved spontaneously and did not disrupt the induction process.