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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 28, 390-393, Copyright © 1981 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Premedication With Meperidine and Atropine Does Not Prolong Recovery to Street Fitness After Out-Patient Surgery

A. JOHN M. CLARK 1 and J. B. HURTIG 1

1 Department of Anaesthesia, Ottawa Civic Hospital, University of Ottawa, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4E9

The effect of premedication with meperidine and atropine on recovery to street fitness after out-patient surgery under general anaesthesia was assessed. The subjects of this study were 100 female patients undergoing therapeutic abortion. Two anaesthetic techniques were used; thiopentone-enflurane-nitrous oxide and thiopentone-fentanyl-nitrous oxide. The patients were comparable in age, weight, length of anaesthesia and time for recovery to street fitness after anaesthesia. The amount of thiopentone administered to the thiopentone-fentanyl-nitrous oxide groups was significantly greater than that administered to the thiopentone-enflurane-nitrous oxide groups. It is concluded that premedication with meperidine and atropine did not significantly prolong recovery to street fitness after out-patient surgery. Fear of prolonged recovery should not affect the decision to use premedication.

Key Words: PREMEDICATION, outpatient recovery






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