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- Title
Ketamine reduces the dose of remifentanil required during prolonged head and neck surgery: a propensity-matched analysis.
- Authors
Tasuku Fujii; Kimitoshi Nishiwaki
- Abstract
High-dose opioids induce hyperalgesia and tolerance, which negatively affects postoperative recovery. Prolonged surgery inevitably requires higher opioid doses. Ketamine reduces perioperative opioid consumption and prevents opioid-induced tolerance. However, its effects in cases of prolonged surgery remain unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the dose of intraoperative remifentanil, an ultrashort-acting μ-opioid agonist, administered after an intravenous ketamine bolus during prolonged head and neck surgery. This single-center, retrospective, observational study included 251 patients who underwent head and neck surgery (operation time ≥8 h) between January 2015 and December 2019. The participants were stratified into two groups: those who received an intravenous bolus of ketamine and those who did not (ketamine group and non-ketamine group, respectively). Propensity score-matching was used to match patients in a 1:1 ratio between the two groups, based on their covariates. The difference in intraoperative remifentanil dose administered between the two groups was assessed. After 1:1 propensity score-matching, 89 matched patients were selected from each group. The mean ± standard deviation dose of remifentanil administered was significantly lower in the ketamine group than in the non-ketamine group before (0.15±0.05 vs 0.17±0.05 μg/kg/min; P=0.01) and after matching (0.15±0.06 vs 0.17±0.05 μg/kg/min; P=0.03). In conclusion, intravenous ketamine administration may reduce the intraoperative dose of remifentanil required during prolonged head and neck surgery. However, further studies are required to evaluate the effect of this finding on enhanced recovery after surgery.
- Subjects
HEAD &; neck cancer treatment; KETAMINE; DRUG side effects; REMIFENTANIL; PROPENSITY score matching; POSTOPERATIVE care
- Publication
Nagoya Journal of Medical Science, 2022, Vol 84, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0027-7622
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.18999/nagjms.84.1.1