The purpose of this study was to determine the optimum bolus dose of propofol required to provide excellent conditions for tracheal intubation following inhalational induction of anaesthesia using 5% sevoflurane without neuromuscular blockade. Twenty-eight children, aged three to seven years, requiring anaesthesia for short duration surgery were recruited. Two minutes after beginning the inhalational induction with 5% sevoflurane and 60% nitrous oxide, a predetermined dose of propofol was injected over 10 seconds. Propofol dose was determined using the Dixon's up-and-down method, starting from 3 mg/kg (0.5 mg/kg as a step size). Laryngoscopy was performed 50 seconds after propofol injection. The optimum dose of propofol required for excellent intubating conditions was 1.39±0.37 mg/kg in 50% of children during inhalation induction using 5% sevoflurane and 60% nitrous oxide in the absence of neuromuscular blocking agents. From probit analysis, the 95% effective dose of propofol was 2.33 mg/kg (95% confidence interval 1.78 to 6.21 mg/kg).
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Kim, S. H., Hong, J. Y., Suk, E. H., Jeong, S. M., & Park, P. H. (2011). Optimum bolus dose of propofol for tracheal intubation during sevoflurane induction without neuromuscular blockade in children. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 39(5), 899–903. https://doi.org/10.1177/0310057x1103900540
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