Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Feb 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialLow target sufentanil effect-site concentrations allow early extubation after valve surgery.
To test the ability of low sufentanil effect-site concentrations (Ce) to shorten the time to tracheal extubation after valve surgery. ⋯ Compared with sufentanil Ce of 0.4 ng/mL, lower concentrations (0.2 and 0.3 ng/mL) promoted faster recovery and shorter times to extubation after valve surgery performed under target-controlled propofol infusion.