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Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Ping-Wing Lui, MD, PhD, Department of Anesthesiology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, 5 Fu-Shin St., Kweishan, Taoyuan, Taiwan 333. Address e-mail to pwlui{at}adm.cgmh.org.tw
We evaluated the pretreatment of small-dose of ketamine or normal saline in the reduction of withdrawal movements induced by rocuronium injection. One-hundred pediatric patients (aged 16 yr) were randomly assigned into 2 groups. A 22-gauge IV cannula was inserted into the dorsum of the hand, and ketamine 0.2 mg/kg or normal saline was given, followed by a 5 mg/kg thiopental injection 10 s later. IV rocuronium (0.8 mg/kg) was injected over 5 s. The patients response to rocuronium injection was graded by using a four-point scale in a double-blinded manner. We observed that the incidence of withdrawal movements was 83% in the saline group and 27% in patients pretreated with ketamine (P < 0.05). Some patients in both groups developed skin erythema at the site of injection. We conclude that pretreatment with small-dose ketamine significantly attenuates withdrawal movements associated with IV injection of rocuronium in pediatric patients anesthetized with thiopental.
IMPLICATIONS: Pretreatment with small-dose ketamine 0.2 mg/kg provides a simple and safe means of reducing the incidence of withdrawal movements induced by the injection of rocuronium, a short-acting nondepolarizing muscle relaxant.
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