Intraoperative fentanyl in endoscopic procedures and their impact on PACU time and costs
Intraoperative fentanyl increases PACU duration by approximately 4 min per patient in endoscopies, without markedly improving pain management. Avoiding fentanyl could lead to significant time and cost savings.
Authors
- Kelsey Kukuruza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3494-4486)
- Kazuo Ando (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1778-1344)
- Subhas Banerjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2270-9742)
- Miho Akabane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6705-5730)
- Timothy Angelotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0100-2011)
Institutions
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Perioperative Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13741-025-00515-x
- Primary Topic
- Anesthesia and Sedative Agents
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00