Korean J Anesthesiol.  2012 Nov;63(5):413-418. 10.4097/kjae.2012.63.5.413.

Single pretreatment of remifentanil may reduce pain after propofol and rocuronium injection in rapid sequence induction

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2Aju Pyeonhan Pain Clinic, Seoul, Korea.
  • 3Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Anam Hospital, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. monday1031@yahoo.co.kr

Abstract

BACKGROUND
We designed this double-blind, placebo-controlled study to compare the efficacy of remifentanil in reducing the pain of both propofol and rocuronium injection during rapid-sequence induction.
METHODS
Ninety-five patients, scheduled for elective surgery under general anesthesia, were divided into 3 groups: saline (Group S, n = 31), remifentanil 1 microg/kg (Group R, n = 32), and lidocaine 1.5 mg/kg (Group L, n = 32) were administered after tourniquet application. The occlusion was released after 1 min and 5 ml of 1% propofol was injected over 10 s. Pain on propofol injection was evaluated by a 10-point verbal numeric rating scale (VNRS). The rest of the induction dose of propofol and 1 mg/kg of rocuronium, were injected. Pain on rocuronium injection was evaluated by a four-point score (FPS).
RESULTS
The VNRS of propofol injection was as follows: R (0.78) = L (1.34) < S (4.26). The incidence of withdrawal response due to rocuronium was as follows: R (6.3%) < L (53.1%) < S (83.9%). The FPS of rocuronium injection was as follows: R (0.81) < L (1.78) < S (2.93).
CONCLUSIONS
Pretreatment with a bolus of remifentanil was effective in simultaneously reducing injection pain of propofol and rocuronium. In addition, remifentanil pretreatment was more effective in suppression of withdrawal response by rocuronium than lidocaine.

Keyword

Injection pain; Lidocaine; Propofol; Remifentanil; Rocuronium

MeSH Terms

Androstanols
Anesthesia, General
Humans
Incidence
Lidocaine
Piperidines
Propofol
Tourniquets
Androstanols
Lidocaine
Piperidines
Propofol

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