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  • Title: Premedication with meperidine and atropine does not prolong recovery to street fitness after out-patient surgery.
    Author: Clark AJ, Hurtig JB.
    Journal: Can Anaesth Soc J; 1981 Jul; 28(4):390-3. PubMed ID: 7260717.
    Abstract:
    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.
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