Background and Goal of Study:
The time of recovery from general anaesthesia is one of great concerns of anaesthesiologist in operating theatres. The surgical rooms include a plenty of facilities and a lot of medical staffs. The occupancy of the room by the delay of emergence from general anaesthesia is unpleasant. In our previous study, the supplemental administration of droperidol (Dro) decreased Bispectral Index values and reduced the required dose of volatile anaesthetics for maintenances without adverse effect. In the current investigation, we retrospectively evaluated the recovery time from anaesthesia with or without using Dro.

Material and Methods:
The study was a single center and retrospective analysis. The successive 200 surgical adult patients without severe complication receiving ear-nose-throat minor surgery were reviewed. The cases were enrolled when the anaesthesia was maintained by inhalation of desflurane and continuous infusion of remifentanil with intubation. The patients’ characteristics, the time of anaesthesia and recovery, final dose of desflurane and remifentanil were compared. The recovery time was defined as the period between the end of surgery and the extubation.

Results and Discussion:
The data from 66 cases were analyzed. There was no significant difference in patients’ background (Table). The supplemental administration of Dro significantly reduced the final dosing of desflurane immediately before the end of surgery and shortened the time of recovery (Fig.). The infusion rate of remifentanil was not different between the groups.

Conclusion:
The results of the current investigation suggested that supplemental administration of Dro during general anaesthesia would be beneficial on the profile of recovery from general anaesthesia.

Satomoto M, et al. Korean J Anesthesiol. 2017; 70: 27-32.


05 / Supplemental administration of droperidol shortened the time of recovery from general anaesthesia.