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Case Reports
. 2013 Jul;4(3):217-9.
doi: 10.4103/0976-500X.114612.

Additive effect of propofol and fentanyl precipitating cardiogenic shock

Ac Jesudoss Prabhakaran  1
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Additive effect of propofol and fentanyl precipitating cardiogenic shock

Ac Jesudoss Prabhakaran. J Pharmacol Pharmacother. 2013 Jul.

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    Raveendran R. Raveendran R. J Pharmacol Pharmacother. 2013 Oct;4(4):308. J Pharmacol Pharmacother. 2013. PMID: 24250216 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Abstract

The intravenous administration of propofol and fentanyl has become a common practice in a variety of clinical settings including outpatient dermatologic, cosmetic and oral surgery. The combination provides both systematic sedation and analgesia with low incidence of unwanted side effects. The cardiogenic shock is very uncommon in healthy individuals. The cardiovascular depressive effect of propofol and fentanyl has been well established, but the development of cardiogenic shock is very rare when these drugs are used together. Hence the awareness of this effect is advantageous to the patients undergoing such surgeries.

Keywords: Echocardiography; left ventricular ejection fraction; myocardial infarction.

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