ArticleBJA open2023
Effect of general anaesthesia with remimazolam versus propofol on postoperative quality of recovery in patients undergoing ambulatory arthroscopic meniscus repair: a randomised clinical trial.
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- Comparing subjective quality of recovery between remimazolam- and propofol-based total intravenous anesthesia for surgical procedures: a meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
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- Quality of recovery after arthroscopic meniscectomy with remimazolam or propofol anesthesia: A randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Remimazolam tosylate vs. propofol: effects on anesthetic efficacy and renal function in living donor kidney transplantation.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Trial
- Comparison of Remimazolam and Propofol on Post-Induction Hypotension in Elderly Hypertensive Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Drug design, development and therapy · 2025Trial
- Quality of Postoperative Recovery in Older Patients Undergoing Day Surgery: A Randomized, Non-Inferiority Trial of Remimazolam versus Etomidate for Anesthesia Induction.Clinical interventions in aging · 2025Trial
- Effect of Remimazolam- Vs Propofol-Based Intravenous Anesthesia on Surgical Stress Response and Post-Operative Immune Function in Patients with Gastric Radical Surgery.Drug design, development and therapy · 2024Trial
- Continuous Remimazolam Administration by Gastroenterologists for Endoscopic Sedation.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
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- Effect of combination of remimazolam and sevoflurane on elderly patients' recovery quality from general anesthesia after laparoscopic abdominal surgery: a randomized controlled trial.Perioperative medicine (London, England) · 2025Article
- Effects of different anesthetics on remifentanil-induced postinfusion hyperalgesia in patients undergoing percutaneous endoscopic interlaminar discectomy: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Remimazolam Versus Propofol in General Anesthesia of Complex Surgery in Critical and Non-Critical Patients: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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Abstract
Background: The type of anaesthesia and choice of anaesthetic drugs may affect the quality of recovery after surgery. Remimazolam is a new benzodiazepine with rapid onset and offset, specifically antagonised by flumazenil. This study aimed to compare remimazolam with propofol on the quality of recovery in patients undergoing ambulatory arthroscopic surgery. Methods: Patients aged 18-65 yr and scheduled for ambulatory arthroscopic meniscus repair were recruited and randomly assigned to receive either continuous i.v. infusion of remimazolam or plasma target-controlled infusion of propofol. The quality of recovery-15 (QoR-15) scale was administered on postoperative day 1 (POD1) as the primary outcome. Secondary outcomes included the Athens Insomnia Scale (AIS) scores and cardiovascular variables. Results: In total, 120 patients were randomly assigned to the remimazolam or propofol groups and 114 patients were included in the analysis. The remimazolam group had higher total QoR-15 scores on POD1 (125 [120-127.5] Conclusions: Remimazolam-based total i.v. anaesthesia was associated with small improvements in the quality of recovery; however, the improvement was less than the minimally clinically important difference. Clinical trial registration: ChiCTR2100053014.
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