Effectiveness of various adjunctive drugs during epidural anesthesia in the patients undergoing abdominal surgery / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the effect of various adjunctive drugs in patients undergoing abdominal surgery under epidural anesthesia. Methods 60 ASA Ⅱ～Ⅲ patients scheduled for elective abdominal surgery were randomly divided into four groups Group PP, promethazine 50mg + ephedrine 100mg as one unit; Group DF, droperidol 5mg + fantanyl 0.1mg as one unit; Group MP, midazolam 5mg + pethidine 100mg as one unit; Group MF, midazolam 5mg + fantanyl 0.1mg as one unit. All the drugs were intravenously administered 10 min after the first dose of epidural block. The dose of various combinations was selected to reach sedation degree of Ramsay 4. The blood pressure, heart rate and SpO_2 were monitored, the degree of sedation and the side-effects were recorded during the operation. The patients were postoperatively surveyed to evaluate the degree of amnesia and satisfaction of anesthesia. Results No significant differences in hears rate and SpO_2 were found among the four groups. In group DF there was marked influence on the blood pressure. The time needed to reaching Ramsay 4 degree of sedation in MP group (1.49?1.13min) and MF group (1.64?0.96min) was significantly shorter than that in group PP (4.36?2.11min) and group DF (4.97?2.65min) (P≤0.01). An obvious difference was found in the incidence of responses to surgical exploration. There was a higher risk of glossoptosis in groups MP and MF than in other groups. Conclusion Midazolam combined with fentanyl or ephedrine is the most effective combination to supplement epidural anesthesia for abdominal operations.