• Mahboob Pouraghaei, Payman Moharamzadeh, Hassan Soleimanpour, Farzad Rahmani, Saeid Safari, Ata Mahmoodpoor, Hanieh Ebrahimi Bakhtavar, and Mehdizadeh Esfanjani Robab R Neurosciences Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran..
• Anesthesiology Research Team, Department of Anesthesiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
• Anesth Pain Med. 2014 Feb 1; 4 (1): e14618.

BackgroundLaryngoscopy and tracheal intubation lead to the alteration of hemodynamic parameters, including blood pressure and heart rate, in traumatic patients who sustain rapid sequence intubation (RSI). Various drugs such as fentanyl, alfentanil and sufentanil have been used to modify these hemodynamic responses.ObjectivesThe aim of the present study is to compare the effects of fentanyl, sufentanil and alfentanil in trauma patients who require RSI in the emergency department (ED).Patients And MethodsThis was a randomized double-blinded study conducted on 90 patients (18-65 years old, ASA I, II), who needed intubation following trauma. The patients were randomly divided into three groups, Group I, Group II and Group III, who have received alfentanil, fentanyl and sufentanil, respectively. Heart rate, blood pressure, saturation of peripheral oxygen and end-tidal carbon dioxide were measured 5 minutes before and 3, 5 and 10 minutes after intubation, respectively. The changes of the hemodynamic parameters were compared in between groups. Data were analyzed by One-way ANOVA, General Linear Model Repeated Measure and Mauchly's Sphericity Test. A P < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.ResultsThere was no significant statistical difference among groups with respect to hemodynamic parameters.ConclusionsAlfentanil, fentanyl and sufentanil can be used safely as premedication drugs for trauma patients who need intubation.

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