Sixty patients who refer to the emergency ward and need any painful procedure in the ward are randomized into 2 groups. One group is sedated before the procedure using propofol-fentanyl and the other with midazolam-fentanyl, with the same depth of sedation. The two groups will be compared regarding recovery time and other parameters described below.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
60
Propofol 1 mg/kg bolus then 500 microg/kg every 2 minutes until sedation level equivalent to Ramsey 3
Midazolam 0.03 mg/Kg stat and then the same dose repeated every 2 minutes until a sedation level of Ramsey 3 is achieved.
Fentanyl 2 microg/kg intravenous stat and every 2 minutes until the end of procedure
Imam Khomeini Hospital
Tehran, Tehran Province, Iran
RECRUITINGRecovery time
Length of time before complete recovery from sedation is achieved
Time frame: Within one hour after sedation
Patients' Pain perception
Pain perception as measured by verbal numeric rating scale
Time frame: Within one hour after sedation
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