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Trial reportJournal of anesthesia2007

Emulsion of flurbiprofen axetil reduces propofol injection pain due to a decrease in free propofol concentration.

Ryusuke Ueki, Masaaki Tanimoto, Tsuneo Tatara, Saburo Tsujimoto, Yoshiroh Kaminoh, Chikara Tashiro

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of anesthesia, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ryusuke UekiDepartment of Anesthesiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Hyogo 663-8501, Japan.
Masaaki Tanimoto
Tsuneo Tatara
Saburo Tsujimoto
Yoshiroh Kaminoh
Chikara Tashiro
Hyogo Medical University · JPSaiseikai Nakatsu Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeFlurbiprofen axetil emulsion (FA), a prodrug of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) that is widely used for perioperative pain relief in Japan, has been effective for reducing propofol injection pain, but the mechanism is unclear. The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the reduction of propofol injection pain by FA may be attributed to a decrease in free propofol concentration.

methodsDiprivan (propofol emulsion; Dipri; AstraZeneca, Cheshire, UK) and Propofol-Lipuro (Lipuro; B. Braun, Melsungen, Germany) were used. A randomized double-blind study was performed to compare pain on injection with six kinds of propofol solution: plain Dipri, a 3 : 1 (v/v) mixture of Dipri and saline (Dipri-S), a 3 : 1 mixture of Dipri and FA (Dipri-FA), plain Lipuro, a 3 : 1 mixture of Lipuro and saline (Lipuro-S), and a 3 : 1 mixture of Lipuro and FA (Lipuro-FA). Three hundred patients (American Society of Anesthesiologists [ASA] physical status [PS] I-II) scheduled for elective surgery received one of these six propofol emulsions (n = 50, each group). Injection pain was evaluated every 10 s after the start of a 1-min infusion of up to 2 mg x kg(-1) propofol. We also measured the in vitro free propofol concentrations of the propofol preparations that we tested (n = 5, each).

resultsThe mixture of FA with propofol decreased the incidence of injection pain, compared with plain propofol, for Lipuro (P < 0.01) but not for Dipri. The free propofol concentration in each emulsion in vitro was also decreased by mixing the propofol with saline or FA. The incidence of pain was reduced in a free-propofol concentration-dependent manner (R(2) = 0.926).

conclusionThe findings suggest that the reduction of propofol injection pain by FA may be explained, at least in part, by a reduction in the free propofol concentration.

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Anesthesia, IntravenousAnalgesicsAnesthetics, IntravenousDouble-Blind MethodEmulsionsFlurbiprofenHumansIncidencePainPain MeasurementProdrugsPropofolProspective StudiesTime FactorsAnalgesicsAnesthetics, IntravenousEmulsionsFlurbiprofenflurbiprofen axetilProdrugsPropofol

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