Korean J Anesthesiol.  1998 Aug;35(2):285-289. 10.4097/kjae.1998.35.2.285.

The Effect of Clonidine on Fentanyl Induced Cough Reflex

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  • 1Department of Anesthegiology, Sungkyunkwoan University, College of Medicine Samsung Medical Center, Korea.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The opioid agonist fentanyl has been used at induction of anesthesia to stabilize hemodynamic parameters. But it can induce cough and in some patients, it can be hazardous. We investigated the effect of alpha2- agonist clonidine premedication on fentanyl induced cough reflex.
METHODS
83 patients (ASA class 1) were involved in this study and divided into two groups: Group 1 (no premedication group, n=43) and Group 2 (clonidine 300 microgram p .o. 1 hour prior to anesthesia, n=40). Before induction of anesthesia, in each group, fentanyl was injected within 1 second through a peripheral venous cannula in dorsum of hand and rapid fluid infusion was followed. We checked cough response, cough emerging time and it's duration. We graded the duration of cough into grade I and II (Grade I: shorter than 5 seconds, Grade II: longer than 5 seconds).
RESULTS
There was no significant difference in the incidence of fentanyl induced cough reflex between Group 1 (34.9%) and Group 2 (25.6%). The incidence of Grade II is higher in Group 1 (18.3%) than in Group 2 (2.5%).
CONCLUSIONS
Clonidine, as a premedication agent, couldn't reduce the incidence of fentanyl induced cough reflex. But it reduced the degree of cough response.

Keyword

Anesthetics, intravenous: fentanyl; Complication: cough

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia
Catheters
Clonidine*
Cough*
Fentanyl*
Hand
Hemodynamics
Humans
Incidence
Premedication
Reflex*
Clonidine
Fentanyl
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