1. Analysis of the advantages of two anesthetic techniques - Venous and inhalational - For laparoscopic cholecystectomy
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Stolf, A. A. [UNESP], Castiglia, Yara Marcondes Machado [UNESP], Brandão Machado, L. [UNESP], and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
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tramadol ,extubation ,atracurium ,drug cost ,cholecystectomy ,isoflurane ,sufentanil ,pancuronium ,tenoxicam ,male ,inhalation anesthesia ,dipyrone ,human ,intermethod comparison ,intravenous anesthesia ,cost control ,cost minimization analysis ,clinical article ,propofol ,adult ,drug infusion ,neostigmine ,scopolamine butyl bromide ,health care cost ,continuous infusion ,female ,Anesthetic techniques, venous, inhalational ,propofol [Hypnotics] ,ondansetron ,cost utility analysis ,isoflurane [Anesthetics, volatile] ,hospitalization - Abstract
Submitted by Vitor Silverio Rodrigues (vitorsrodrigues@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2014-05-27T11:20:14Z No. of bitstreams: 0Bitstream added on 2014-05-27T14:45:14Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 2-s2.0-0035146461.pdf: 76259 bytes, checksum: 74c2b37137cacd0067177ba86eee4fe7 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2014-05-27T11:20:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2001-02-19 Background and Objectives - It is essential to reduce health care costs without impairing the quality of care. Propofol is associated to faster recovery and it is known that post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) costs are high. The aim of this study was to evaluate the advantages of two anesthesia regimens - propofol continuous infusion or isoflurane - taking into account the cost of both techniques on PACU stay. Methods - Forty seven patients, physical status ASA I, II and III, undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy were divided into 2 groups according to the anesthetic agent: G1, conventional propofol continuous infusion (100-150 μg.kg-1.min-1) and G2, isoflurane. All patients were induced with sufentanil (1 μg.kg-1) and propofol (2 mg.kg-1) and were kept in a re-inhalation circuit (2 L.min-1 of fresh gas flow) with 50% N2O in O2, sufentanil (0.01 μg.kg-1.min-1) and atracurium (0.5 mg.kg-1), or pancuronium (0.1 mg.kg-1) for asthma patients. All patients received atropine and neostigmine at the end of the surgery. Prophylactic ondansetron, dipyrone and tenoxican were administered and, when necessary, tramadol and N-butylscopolamine. Costs of anesthetic drugs (COST), total PACU stay (t-PACU), and PACU stay after extubation (t-EXT) were computed for both groups. Results - Costs were significantly lower in the isoflurane group but t-PACU was 26 minutes longer and t-EXT G1
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- 2001