Propofol-based versus fentanyl-isoflurane-based anesthesia for cardiac surgery.
Publication/Presentation Date
4-1-1998
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate drug costs, time of mechanical ventilation, complications, and hospital length of stay comparing propofol-based with fentanyl-isoflurane-based anesthesia.
DESIGN: A prospective, randomized study.
SETTING: A university-affiliated, tertiary care community hospital.
PARTICIPANTS: Seventy patients undergoing primary coronary artery bypass surgery.
INTERVENTIONS: Patients were randomized to either a low-dose fentanyl-isoflurane or a lower-dose fentanyl-isoflurane anesthetic supplemented with a continuous infusion of propofol.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Fentanyl-isoflurane anesthesia was significantly less expensive ($50.03+/-$27.26 v $121.69+/-$31.40) for anesthesia drugs and ($58.08+/-$27.39 v $129.91+/-$31.52) for total drug costs. There was also a trend for patients in the fentanyl-isoflurane group to be extubated slightly sooner (388+/-202 v 449+/-252 min) and go home sooner (5.1+/-1.8 v 6.0+/-3.0 days).
CONCLUSION: Fentanyl-isoflurane provides an inexpensive anesthetic that permits as prompt an extubation as propofol, thus conserving resources for other patients.
Volume
12
Issue
2
First Page
177
Last Page
181
ISSN
1053-0770
Published In/Presented At
Engoren, M. C., Kraras, C., & Garzia, F. (1998). Propofol-based versus fentanyl-isoflurane-based anesthesia for cardiac surgery. Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia, 12(2), 177–181. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1053-0770(98)90328-7
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
9583550
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article