Authors: Satoru Sakurai Atsuo Fukunaga Kenichi Fukuda Masataka Kasahara Tatsuya Ichinohe Yuzuru Kaneko
Publish Date: 2008/02/27
Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 86-88
Abstract
Propofol is frequently used for intravenous sedation or anesthesia in ambulatory and officebased anesthesia Although awakening is usually rapid there are instances of delayed recovery from propofol anesthesia It has been reported that aminophylline antagonizes the sedative effects of several anesthetic and analgesic drugs The case reports presented here demonstrate that intravenous aminophylline effectively reversed prolonged propofolinduced sedation/anesthesia in the postoperative period There were no side effects or delayed resedation after the administration of aminophylline Our study suggests that aminophylline could be a clinically useful propofol antagonist
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