• Der Anaesthesist · Nov 2005

    Clinical Trial

    [Analgesia with remifentanil in spontaneously breathing patients undergoing brief but painful radiological procedures].

    • B Moser, A von Goedecke, A Chemelli, C Keller, W Voelckel, K H Lindner, and V Wenzel.
    • Univ.-Klinik für Anästhesie und Allgemeine Intensivmedizin, Medizinische Universität, Innsbruck, Osterreich. Berthold.Moser@uibk.ac.at
    • Anaesthesist. 2005 Nov 1; 54 (11): 1089-93.

    IntroductionPercutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) and stenting are very painful procedures in interventional radiology and require potent analgesia; employing remifentanil in spontaneously breathing patients may be one possible strategy.Patients And MethodsThe study group was composed of 18 men and 2 women with a mean age of 63+/-10 (mean+/-SD) years. Pain intensity was measured with a VAS score before the procedure, after local anesthesia on the rib cage, after stenting and after the radiology procedure.ResultsRemifentanil infusion (dosage: 0.12-0.30 microg/kg body weight/min) was infused throughout the entire radiology procedure according to physical status, past medical history, individual pain, and clinical assessment. During insufflation of 10l O(2)/min via a venturi mask, oxygen saturation did not fall below 96% at any time-point during the procedure. In the VAS score, we noted a decrease after starting the remifentanil infusion towards the end of procedure. All patients were able to move into bed without help. Postoperatively, no analgesics and no antiemetics were needed.ConclusionsEmploying a remifentanil infusion for brief interventional radiology procedures in palliative treatment of patients resulted in high patient and radiologist comfort.

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