scholarly journals Comparison of perioperative analgesia between intravenous paracetamol and fentanyl for rigid hysteroscopy. A randomised control trial

Author(s):  
Dileep Kumar ◽  
Kamal Kumar ◽  
Mohammad Hamid

Objective: To compare efficacy of intravenous paracetamol and fentanyl for intra-operative and post-operative analgesia in patients undergoing for diagnostic and therapeutic rigid hysteroscopy. Methods: Prospective Randomized Clinical Trial was conducted at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from October 2016 to June 2017. Study instituted after ethical review committee approval and patient has ASA-I, II, aged 18-65 years, consented for hysteroscopy. Anesthesia induction technique was standardized and analgesia in group-P, paracetamol 15 mg/Kg administered 15-30 minutes before surgery and in group-F, fentanyl 2 mcg/kg administered at induction of anesthesia. Intraoperative pain was assessed by changes in heart rate, systolic, diastolic and mean arterial blood pressure and postoperative pain was assessed by visual analogue scale. SPSS 19 was used for data analysis. Results: Sixty patients scheduled for hysteroscopy were allocated into two groups. Patient’s ASA status and demographics were found relatively similar in both groups except for age differences (p< 0.011). In paracetamol group, mean SBP at 10,15, 20, 25 and 30 minutes and mean DBP at 20, 25 minutes & Mean arterial blood pressure at 20 minutes were statistically significant (p<0.05) compared to the fentanyl group. However, the mean heart rate was statistically insignificant among the groups. The postoperative visual analogue pain scores were almost similar at 0, 15, and 30 minutes (p>0.05) among the groups. Although, the rescue analgesia was needed in 3 patients on arrival in recovery room in each group. Conclusion: Intravenous paracetamol offers similar analgesic efficacy to fentanyl for rigid hysteroscopy in ambulatory surgery. However, Continuous...

1991 ◽  
Vol 81 (6) ◽  
pp. 727-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marohito Murakami ◽  
Hiromichi Suzuki ◽  
Atsuhiro Ichihara ◽  
Mareo Naitoh ◽  
Hidetomo Nakamoto ◽  
...  

1. The effects of l-arginine on systemic and renal haemodynamics were investigated in conscious dogs. l-Arginine was administered intravenously at doses of 15 and 75 μmol min−1 kg−1 for 20 min. 2. Mean arterial blood pressure, heart rate and cardiac output were not changed significantly by l-arginine infusion. However, l-arginine infusion induced a significant elevation of renal blood flow from 50 ± 3 to 94 ± 12 ml/min (means ± sem, P < 0.01). 3. Simultaneous infusion of NG-monomethyl-l-arginine (0.5 μmol min−1 kg−1) significantly inhibited the increase in renal blood flow produced by l-arginine (15 μmol min−1 kg−1) without significant changes in mean arterial blood pressure or heart rate. 4. Pretreatment with atropine completely inhibited the l-arginine-induced increase in renal blood flow, whereas pretreatment with indomethacin attenuated it (63 ± 4 versus 82 ± 10 ml/min, P < 0.05). 5. A continuous infusion of l-arginine increased renal blood flow in the intact kidney (55 ± 3 versus 85 ± 9 ml/min, P < 0.05), but not in the contralateral denervated kidney (58 ± 3 versus 56 ± 4 ml/min, P > 0.05). 6. These results suggest that intravenously administered l-arginine produces an elevation of renal blood flow, which may be mediated by facilitation of endogenous acetylcholine-induced release of endothelium-derived relaxing factor and vasodilatory prostaglandins.


1991 ◽  
Vol 261 (2) ◽  
pp. R420-R426
Author(s):  
M. Inoue ◽  
J. T. Crofton ◽  
L. Share

We have examined in conscious rats the interaction between centrally acting prostanoids and acetylcholine in the stimulation of vasopressin secretion. The intracerebroventricular (icv) administration of carbachol (25 ng) resulted in marked transient increases in the plasma vasopressin concentration and mean arterial blood pressure and a transient reduction in heart rate. Central cyclooxygenase blockade by pretreatment icv with either meclofenamate (100 micrograms) or indomethacin (100 micrograms) virtually completely blocked these responses. Prostaglandin (PG) D2 (20 micrograms icv) caused transient increases in the plasma vasopressin concentration (much smaller than after carbachol) and heart rate, whereas mean arterial blood pressure rose gradually during the 15-min course of the experiment. Pretreatment with the muscarinic antagonist atropine (10 micrograms icv) decreased the peak vasopressin response to icv PGD2 by approximately one-third but had no effect on the cardiovascular responses. We conclude that the stimulation of vasopressin release by centrally acting acetylcholine is dependent on increased prostanoid biosynthesis. On the other hand, stimulation of vasopressin release by icv PGD2 is partially dependent on activation of a cholinergic pathway.


1992 ◽  
Vol 262 (1) ◽  
pp. H149-H156 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Palm ◽  
W. Boemke ◽  
H. W. Reinhardt

The existence of urinary excretion rhythms in dogs, which is a matter of controversy, was investigated under strictly controlled intake and environmental conditions. In seven conscious dogs, 14.5 mmol Na, 3.55 mmol K, and 91 ml H2O.kg body wt-1.24 h-1 were either administered with food at 8:30 A.M. or were continuously infused at 2 consecutive days. During these 3 days, automatized 20-min urine collections, mean arterial blood pressure (MABP), and heart rate (HR) recordings were performed without disturbing the dogs. Fundamental and partial periodicities, the noise component of urinary sodium excretion (UNaV), MABP, and HR were analyzed using a method derived from Fourier and Cosinor analysis. Oral intake (OI) leads to powerful 24-h periodicities in all dogs and seems to synchronize UNaV. UNaV on OI peaked between 1 and 3 P.M. Under the infusion regimen, signs of nonstationary rhythms and desynchronization predominated. UNaV under the infusion regimen could be separated into two components: a rather constant component continuously excreted and superimposed to this an oscillating component. No direct coupling between UNaV and MABP periodicities could be demonstrated. On OI, an increase in HR seems to advance the peak UNaV in the postprandial period. HR and MABP signals were both superimposed with noise. We conclude that UNaV rhythms are present in dogs. They are considerably more pronounced on OI.


1992 ◽  
Vol 263 (3) ◽  
pp. R602-R608
Author(s):  
W. W. Burggren ◽  
J. E. Bicudo ◽  
M. L. Glass ◽  
A. S. Abe

Systemic arterial blood pressure and heart rate (fH) were measured in unanesthetized, unrestrained larvae and adults of the paradoxical frog, Pseudis paradoxus from Sao Paulo State in Brazil. Four developmental groups were used, representing the complete transition from aquatic larvae to primarily air-breathing adults. fH (49-66 beats/min) was not significantly affected by development, whereas mean arterial blood pressure was strongly affected, being lowest in the stage 37-39 larvae (10 mmHg), intermediate in the stage 44-45 larvae (18 mmHg), and highest in the juveniles and adults (31 and 30 mmHg, respectively). Blood pressure was not significantly correlated with body mass, which was greatest in the youngest larvae and smallest in the juveniles. In the youngest larvae studied (stages 37-39), lung ventilation was infrequent, causing a slight decrease in arterial blood pressure but no change in heart rate. Lung ventilation was more frequent in stages 44-45 larvae and nearly continuous in juveniles and adults floating at the surface. Bradycardia during both forced and voluntary diving was observed in almost every advanced larva, juvenile, and adult but in only one of four young larvae. Developmentally related changes in blood pressure were not complete until metamorphosis, whereas diving bradycardia was present at an earlier stage.


1998 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 1285-1291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandrine H. Launois ◽  
Joseph H. Abraham ◽  
J. Woodrow Weiss ◽  
Debra A. Kirby

Patients with obstructive sleep apnea experience marked cardiovascular changes with apnea termination. Based on this observation, we hypothesized that sudden sleep disruption is accompanied by a specific, patterned hemodynamic response, similar to the cardiovascular defense reaction. To test this hypothesis, we recorded mean arterial blood pressure, heart rate, iliac blood flow and vascular resistance, and renal blood flow and vascular resistance in five pigs instrumented with chronic sleep electrodes. Cardiovascular parameters were recorded during quiet wakefulness, during non-rapid-eye-movement and rapid-eye-movement sleep, and during spontaneous and induced arousals. Iliac vasodilation (iliac vascular resistance decreased by −29.6 ± 4.1% of baseline) associated with renal vasoconstriction (renal vascular resistance increased by 10.3 ± 4.0%), tachycardia (heart rate increase: +23.8 ± 3.1%), and minimal changes in mean arterial blood pressure were the most common pattern of arousal response, but other hemodynamic patterns were observed. Similar findings were obtained in rapid-eye-movement sleep and for acoustic and tactile arousals. In conclusion, spontaneous and induced arousals from sleep may be associated with simultaneous visceral vasoconstriction and hindlimb vasodilation, but the response is variable.


1991 ◽  
Vol 261 (4) ◽  
pp. H982-H988
Author(s):  
J. H. Sindrup ◽  
J. Kastrup ◽  
H. Christensen ◽  
B. Jorgensen

Subcutaneous adipose tissue blood flow rate, together with systemic arterial blood pressure and heart rate under ambulatory conditions, was measured in the lower legs of 15 normal human subjects for 12-20 h. The 133Xe-washout technique, portable CdTe(Cl) detectors, and a portable data storage unit were used for measurement of blood flow rates. An automatic portable blood pressure recorder and processor unit was used for measurement of systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and heart rate every 15 min. The change from upright to supine position at the beginning of the night period was associated with a 30-40% increase in blood flow rate and a highly significant decrease in mean arterial blood pressure and heart rate (P less than 0.001 for all). Approximately 100 min after the subjects went to sleep an additional blood flow rate increment (mean 56%) and a simultaneous significant decrease in mean arterial blood pressure (P less than 0.001) were observed. The duration of this hyperemic phase was 116 min. A highly significant reduction of the subcutaneous vascular resistance (50%) was demonstrated during the hyperemic blood flow rate phase compared with the surrounding phases (P less than 0.0001). The synchronism of the nocturnal subcutaneous hyperemia and the decrease in systemic mean arterial blood pressure point to a common, possibly central nervous or humoral, eliciting mechanism.


Author(s):  
E.G.M. Mogoa ◽  
G.F. Stegmann ◽  
A.J. Guthrie ◽  
G.E. Swan

This study was carried out to assess the influence of xylazine administration on clinical, cardiopulmonary and haemocytological variables after acute exposure to different environmental conditions. Xylazine hydrochloride was administered intravenously at 0.1 mg/kg body mass to 6 clinically healthy, castrated male goats. All animals were exposed for 60 min to 3 sets of climatic conditions: 14 °C, 33% relative humidity; 24 °C, 55% RH, and 34 °C, 65% RH. The variables that were measured for a period of 60 min after xylazine administration were sedation, analgesia, salivation, urination, ventilation rate, heart-rate, mean arterial blood pressure, oesophageal temperature, haematocrit, mean corpuscular volume and mean corpuscular haemoglobin concentration. Xylazine induced sedation, analgesia, salivation and urination independently of the 3 environmental conditions. Environment had no influence on the onset, duration and recovery from sedation. In the 14 °C environment, xylazine resulted in a significant decrease in ventilation and heart-rate from baseline values. Significant changes in mean arterial blood pressure, haemoglobin concentration, mean corpuscular volume, haematocrit and red cell count were observed in the 3 environments. Total plasma protein was significantly altered at 24 °C and 34 °C. Acute exposure of goats to different environmental conditions had no significant influence on the clinical, cardiopulmonary and haemocytological variables. Physiological changes induced by xylazine were therefore independent of the environment.


1995 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
LL Lazure ◽  
MM Baun

BACKGROUND: Stress of coronary care unit admission and need for rest may contribute to a sense of helplessness, exacerbated by the unpredictability of visitor entry. Control over the environment, and particularly family visiting, could alleviate patient stress. OBJECTIVE: To determine if patient control of visit timing would minimize undesired psychophysiologic effects of coronary care unit visiting. METHODS: Data were collected at multiple points from 60 coronary care unit patients during the first 20 minutes of the evening visit and at visit end. Randomly assigned subjects used a visitor control device to communicate their wishes to potential visitors: red hallway light to restrict, and green to allow, visits. Dependent variables were heart rate and rhythm; premature ventricular contractions; systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial blood pressure; salivary cortisol; and finger temperature. Psychologic variables of visit stress versus comfort, perceived control of visits, and perceived rest between visits were measured by pre- and postvisit appraisals. RESULTS: Repeated measures analyses showed that over time, perceived control of visits and rest between visits were greater, and heart rate and diastolic blood pressure were lower for subjects with the visitor control device. Appraisal of visit stress increased slightly in this group. No statistically significant differences were found for possession of the visitor control device. Reaction to visitor entry was a short-term stress response, as indicated by increases in systolic, diastolic, and mean arterial blood pressure. CONCLUSIONS: Based on positive comments, increased perceived control over visiting, and decreased blood pressure, the visitor control device was beneficial.


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