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139072

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1977-4-25
pubmed:abstractText
Fentanyl is a strong, synthetic analgesic which may cause muscular rigidity when administered intravenously. To obtain a quantitative measure of the possible increase in muscle tone after intravenous fentanyl, the muscular tension of the right rectus abdominis was measured in 20 patients before and after administration of this drug. A traction transducer apparatus was fastened between the anterior and posterior rectus sheath in a right oblique laparotomy incision. Premedication was with pentobarbitone, and the anaesthesia and muscle relaxation were effected by thiopentone or enibomal and nitrous oxide-oxygen with 75% nitrous oxide, and suxamethonium infusion (0.2%) until the measurement of tension was started. Immediately after the action of suxamethonium had ceased, fentanyl, about 0.004 mg/kg body weight, was administered. An increase in tone was found in 15 cases (75%). The mean increase was 9.2 N. The influence of the anaesthesia upon the result is discussed, and it is concluded that fentanyl must be responsible for the increase in muscle tone.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5172
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
Muscle tone under fentanyl-nitrous oxide anaesthesia measured with a transducer apparatus in cholecystecomy incisions.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article