[The switching time of propofol syringes for the propofol specific pump is dependent on the familiarity of pumps].
The switching time of syringes during propofol anesthesia was investigated among various anesthesiologists. One hundred and thirty times of exchanges were observed in the early 82 propofol anesthesia cases using a propofol specific syringe pump STC-525 X (Terumo, Japan) since the introduction of propofol in our hospital. The anesthesiologists were divided into three groups: group A; the board certified anesthesiologists with more than one month experience of propofol anesthesia, group B; the board certificed anesthesiologists with less than one month experience, group C: the trainee. There were no cases of intraoperative recall case. The median times of switching syringes were 14 seconds, 26 seconds, 56 seconds in the group A, group B, group C, respectively. Group A is significantly quicker than the other groups. This indicates that switching time is dependent on the experience with propofol and syringe pumps. We conclude that not only trainees but also expert anesthesiologists should be accustomed to switching syringes in order to avoid intraoperative awareness.
Department of Anesthesiology, Chuden Hospital, Hiroshima. masa.nakao@nifty.ne.jp
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