Open AccessEfficacy of methylprednisolone and lignocaine on propofol injection pain: A randomised, double-blind, prospective study in adult cardiac surgical patients
Author(s) -
Shivakumar Shivanna,
Shio Priye,
Dipali Singh,
Sathyanarayan Jagannath,
Syed Mudassar,
Durga Prasad Reddy
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.193683
Subject(s) - medicine , propofol , anesthesia , methylprednisolone , lidocaine , saline , tourniquet , exact test , surgery
Propofol (2, 6-di-isopropylphenol) used for the induction of anaesthesia often causes mild to severe pain or discomfort on injection. We designed this double-blind study to compare the efficacy of methylprednisolone and lignocaine in reducing the pain of propofol injection in patients scheduled for cardiac surgery.