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Trial reportMedicine2017

Efficacy of sevoflurane as an adjuvant to propofol-based total intravenous anesthesia for attenuating secretions in ocular surgery.

Hou-Chuan Lai, Yun-Hsiang Chang, Ren-Chih Huang, Nan-Kai Hung, Chueng-He Lu, Jou-Hsiu Chen, Zhi-Fu Wu

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. [Inhalational anesthetics].Der Anaesthesist · 2021
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  3. Learning fiberoptic intubation for awake nasotracheal intubation.Journal of dental anesthesia and pain medicine · 2017
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hou-Chuan LaiDepartment of Anesthesiology Department of Ophthalmology, Tri-Service General Hospital and National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Yun-Hsiang Chang
Ren-Chih Huang
Nan-Kai Hung
Chueng-He Lu
Jou-Hsiu Chen
Zhi-Fu Wu
National Defense Medical Center · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe incidence of nasal secretions into the operative field is as high as 5% in ophthalmic surgery under general anesthesia. It may induce postoperative endophthalmitis. Secretions under propofol-based total intravanous anesthesia (TIVA) are greater than sevoflurane anesthesia during surgery. Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) after inhalational anesthesia is higher than TIVA and may increase intraocluar pressure. We investigated the effect of sevoflurane combination with propofol-based TIVA on nasopharyngeal secretions and PONV in ocular surgery.

methodsFifty patients undergoing ocular operations were randomly assigned for propofol-based TIVA or propofol/sevoflurane anesthesia. In the TIVA group (n = 25), anesthesia was induced and maintained with propofol and fentanyl; in the propofol/sevoflurane group (n = 25), 1% sevoflurane anesthesia was added.

resultsNasopharyngeal excretion volume was significantly higher in the propofol-based TIVA group than in the propofol/sevoflurane group (31.0 ± 18.1 vs 13.7 ± 12.6 ml; P < .001). No significant difference in extubation time was noted (propofol-based TIVA: 6.4 ± 3.6 vs propofol/sevoflurane: 7.4 ± 3.0 minutes; P = .34). No postoperative endophthalmitis or PONV in both groups was observed.

conclusionSevoflurane attenuated secretions under propofol-based TIVA and did not increase the incidence of PONV or prolonged extubation in ocular surgery.

Indexed as

Ophthalmologic Surgical ProceduresAirway ExtubationAnesthesia, IntravenousAnesthetics, InhalationAnesthetics, IntravenousChemotherapy, AdjuvantEndophthalmitisFemaleHumansMaleMethyl EthersMiddle AgedNasal MucosaOperative TimePostoperative Nausea and VomitingPropofolAnesthetics, InhalationAnesthetics, IntravenousMethyl EthersPropofolSevoflurane

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PMID28445291
PMCPMC5413256
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