Efficacy of propofol mixed with lidocaine versus lidocaine followed by propofol to reduce injection pain due to propofol in patients undergoing general anaesthesia

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Propofol is widely used for induction and maintenance of anaesthesia and possesses many characteristics of an ideal anaesthetic. A disadvantage of propofol is pain on injection, which is sometimes very distressing to patients. Many different methods have been proposed to reduce the incidence and severity of this adverse effect of propofol