Tao Meng, Xiaowen Lin, Ximing Li, Fangli Yue, Yuzhu Zhang, Yingbin Wang, Jianhua Gu, Zaiqi Yang, Hongli Yu, Kun Lv, Shengyong Liang, Xingda Li, Weibo Zhu, Gang Yu, Tao Li, Yujia Ren, Yandong Li, Jianjun Xu, Weimin Xu, Shu Wang, Jianbo Wu
BACKGROUND: Emergence agitation (EA) is common in patients after general anesthesia (GA) and is associated with poor outcomes. Patients with thoracic surgery have a higher incidence of EA compared with other surgery. This study aimed to investigate the impact of pre-anesthetic butorphanol infusion on the incidence of EA in patients undergoing thoracic surgery with GA. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This prospective randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted in 20 tertiary hospitals in China...
2022: Frontiers in Medicine