Lidocaine in prevention of pain on propofol anesthetic induction: A randomized double-blinded clinical trial to estimate the magnitude of the effect

• Main Authors: Luíza Buffon (Author), Alexandre C Buffon (Author), Paulo Freitas (Author), Nazaré O Nazário (Author), Jefferson Traebert (Author), Anna Paula Piovezan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Open Journal of Pain Medicine - Peertechz Publications, 2020-11-27.
• Subjects: Research Article
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<p>Background and objectives: Sedation with propofol is a part of the anesthetic induction procedure because it provides anxiolysis, amnesia and hypnosis; however, up to 5% of patients have pain at propofol injection and of these, 1% of them have severe or excruciating pain. There are several...