Open AccessEffect of fentanyl and nalbuphine for prevention of etomidate-induced myoclonus
Author(s) -
Megha Bisht,
Abhimanyu Singh Pokhriyal,
Gurjeet Khurana,
J. P. Sharma
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/aer.aer_188_18
Subject(s) - etomidate , nalbuphine , fentanyl , medicine , anesthesia , statistical significance , placebo , analysis of variance , myoclonus , mann–whitney u test , saline , opioid , receptor , alternative medicine , pathology , propofol
Etomidate is a potent intravenous inducing agent with known undesirable side effects such as myoclonus and pain on injection in nonpremedicated patients.