Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.
Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, 179 Gudeok-ro, Seo-gu, Busan-si 49241, Korea.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2021 Jul 2;100(26):e26438. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000026438.
Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a common complaint in patients following general anesthesia. Various antiemetics, including 5-hydroxytryptamine type 3 (5-HT3) receptor antagonists, are effective but still have limited efficacy. Therefore, combination therapy is preferable to using a single drug alone in high-risk patients. We performed a comparative study on the antiemetic effect of palonosetron, a 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, monotherapy vs palonosetron-midazolam combination therapy for the prevention of PONV.
A total of 104 female patients scheduled for breast cancer surgery were enrolled. They were randomly divided into 2 groups, a palonosetron monotherapy group (group P) and palonosetron-midazolam combination therapy group (group PM). Both groups received 0.075 mg palonosetron intravenously after induction of anesthesia. Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) was applied according to the allocated group. Intravenous (IV)-PCA in group P consisted of fentanyl 20 μg/kg plus normal saline (total volume: 100 ml); IV-PCA in group PM consisted of fentanyl 20 μg/kg plus midazolam 4 mg plus normal saline (total volume: 100 ml). Efficacy parameters were collected during 0 to 1, 1 to 6, 6 to 24, and 24 to 48 hours postoperative time intervals. These measures included complete response (defined as no PONV and no rescue anti-emetic use) rate, incidence of PONV, sedation score, rescue antiemetic use, rescue analgesic use, and numerical rating scale (NRS) for pain. The complete response rate during the 0 to 24 hours interval was analyzed as the primary outcome.
Although the complete response rate between 0 and 24 hours was higher in group PM (42.3% and 48.1% in group P and PM, respectively), there was no statistically significant difference (P = .55). The complete response rates in other time intervals were not different between the 2 groups as well. The sedation score and NRS score also showed no differences between the 2 groups.
The combination therapy of palonosetron with midazolam did not lead to a greater reduction in the incidence of PONV than monotherapy in patients undergoing breast surgery and receiving IV-PCA containing fentanyl.
术后恶心和呕吐(PONV)是全麻后患者常见的主诉。各种止吐药,包括 5-羟色胺 3 型(5-HT3)受体拮抗剂,都有效,但疗效仍有限。因此,联合治疗优于高危患者单独使用单一药物。我们对预防 PONV 进行了一项关于 5-HT3 受体拮抗剂帕洛诺司琼单药治疗与帕洛诺司琼-咪达唑仑联合治疗的止吐效果的比较研究。
共纳入 104 例行乳腺癌手术的女性患者。他们被随机分为 2 组,即帕洛诺司琼单药治疗组(P 组)和帕洛诺司琼-咪达唑仑联合治疗组(PM 组)。两组患者在麻醉诱导后均接受 0.075mg 帕洛诺司琼静脉注射。根据分组应用患者自控镇痛(PCA)。P 组静脉 PCA 为芬太尼 20μg/kg 加生理盐水(总量:100ml);PM 组静脉 PCA 为芬太尼 20μg/kg 加咪达唑仑 4mg 加生理盐水(总量:100ml)。在术后 0 至 1、1 至 6、6 至 24 和 24 至 48 小时的时间间隔内收集疗效参数。这些措施包括完全缓解(定义为无 PONV 和无解救性止吐药使用)率、PONV 发生率、镇静评分、解救性止吐药使用、解救性镇痛药使用和数字评分量表(NRS)疼痛评分。对 0 至 24 小时间隔内的完全缓解率进行了分析,作为主要结局。
尽管 PM 组 0 至 24 小时的完全缓解率更高(P 组和 PM 组分别为 42.3%和 48.1%),但无统计学差异(P=0.55)。两组在其他时间间隔的完全缓解率也没有差异。两组的镇静评分和 NRS 评分也无差异。
在接受含芬太尼静脉 PCA 的乳腺癌手术患者中,与单药治疗相比,帕洛诺司琼联合咪达唑仑治疗并未导致 PONV 发生率降低。