Remifentanil prevents an increase in intraocular pressure after succinylcholine and tracheal intubation
- 1 October 1998
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 81 (4) , 606-607
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/81.4.606
Abstract
We have studied changes in intraocular pressure (IOP) in 30 patients after succinylcholine (suxamethonium) and tracheal intubation following administration of propofol 2 mg kg-1 and either remifentanil 1 microgram kg-1 (group R) or saline (group S). IOP was measured before induction, before administration of succinylcholine and the study drug, before intubation and for every 1 min after intubation for 5 min. There was a significant decrease in IOP in group R compared with group S from the time of administration of the study drugs to the end of the study (P < 0.006).Keywords
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