Laryngospasm is a common but serious complication in the immediate postoperative pediatric tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy patient.What is the ideal immediate and last resort response by the anesthesia provider or perianesthesia nurse in an emerging patient who has been in spasm for over 1 minute,is not responding to positive-pressure ventilation,and is in significant distress?

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Laryngospasm is a serious complication,usually the result of an irritable airway.The muscles of the larynx contract and partially or completely obstruct the airway; the patient can become hypoxemic quickly.If symptoms last longer than 1 minute and are unrelieved by positive pressure,administration of a muscle relaxant,such as succinylcholine,is required to relax the muscles of the larynx.Reintubation is undesirable and used only as a last resort.

Laryngospasm Is a Common but Serious Complication in the Immediate