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  Background & Objective: Spinal anesthesia is one of the usual techniques in the surgery of hip fractures among the aged. On the other hand the hemodynamic complications of this method and the treatment of these complications by abundant Ir liquids and drugs such as Ephedrin and phenylephedrin have potential risk for aged patients. Intrathecal opioids have synergistic effects on the duration and quality of spinal block. Thus a number of efforts have been made to prevent the hemodynamic complications and probability of inadequate block by decreasing the dosage of local anesthetic drug and adding opioid drugs to it. This study investigates the hemodynamic effects and the quality of spinal anesthesia using the above-mentioned method.

  Methods: Forty-six patients above 60 years of age with hip fracture were randomized into 2 groups (A and B). Group A received a spinal of hyper tonic bupivacaine (5 mg) and fentanyl (20 m g) and group B received 12.5 mg of hypertonic bupivacaine for spinal anesthesia. Vital signs before and during the surgery, quality and quantity of blockage, amount of fluid and Ephedrine used, were recorded every 5 minutes.

  Results: MAP (Mean Arterial Pressure) fall and the dosage and frequency of ephedrine consumption were significantly different in two groups. MAP decrease in-group A was 23.6 ± 10.79 and in-group B it was 36 ± 11.1 (p=0.001). The average requirement of ephedrine in the groups were 2.25 ± 3.49 mg in-group A and 10 ± 8.45 mg in-group B (P=0.001). The average occurrence of hypotension and ephedrine usage was 0.71 ± 1.08 times in-group A and 2.91 ± 2.94 times in-group B (p=0.001). 29 % of group A had pain in the terminal stage of surgery but this amount in-group B was 13.6%. Tachycardia was 29.2 % in-group A and 68.2 % in group B (p=0.001).

  Conclusions: Adding 20 m g fentanyl to bupivacaine and decreasing its dosage can prevent the complications of intrathecal anesthesia. (MAP fall and the tachycardia occurred in the process of its treatment) to a great extent. But to lower the incidence of failure and obtain reliable block, more controlled studies must be accomplished.

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 Background and Objectives: Pre-eclampsia is one of the common causes of maternal mortality. A main problem with induction of general anesthesia in these patients is exagergted increase of blood presscure during laryngoscopy and intubation that is associateed with a significantly increased intracranial pressure with the risk of cerebral hemorrhage. There are some strategies to minimize extreme increase in blood pressure during laryngoscopy and intubation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of Fentanyl-Droperidol combination (Talamonal) on reducing cardiovascular responses due to laryngoscopy and intubation in preeclamptic parturient.

 Methods: Thirty preeclamptic parturients who were admitted for emergency caesarean section under general anesthesia were studied. All patients had diastolic pressures sustained at ≥ 100 mmHg, and had received antihypertensive therapy. A standard general anesthesia was induced in all patients. Fentanyl-Droperidol combination was used only in the case group five minutes before induction of anesthesia.

 Results: Arterial pressure and heart rate increases, improved in approximately 86.6 % of the case group. The mean increase in systolic pressure, and heart rate following laryngoscopy and intubation was significantly different in two groups (P=0.0001). There was no significant difference in the mean Apgar score of the neonates at 1 and 5 minutes after delivery in two groups.

 Conclusion: Using Fentanyl-Droperidol Combination during induction of anesthesia produced a clinically significant decrease in sympathetic response to laryngoscopy and intubation in most mothers, without any adverse effect on the neonates.

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Background & objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of preventive administration of ketamine, fentanyl and paracetamol on pain intensity and hemodynamic parameters after deep vitrectomy.
Methods: In this clinical trial, 80 candidates of deep vitrectomy surgery were randomly assigned into 4 groups (1-4) and received 0.5 mg / kg ketamine, 2 μg / kg fentanyl, 10 mg/kg of paracetamol and equivolume of normal saline respectively intravenous infusion during the last 15 minutes of surgery. Pain intensity and hemodynamic parameters were recorded and analyzed.
Results: Pain intensity was significantly higher in placebo group during the first 4 hours after operation (p<0.01), but no significant differences were observed between the study groups at 8 and 24 hours after operation in this regard. There were no significant differences between the three intervention groups in terms of pain intensity during the study. Also there were no significant differences between the 4 study groups regarding to hemodynamic parameters.
Conclusion: The use of each of the three intervention drugs significantly reduced the pain intensity compared to the control group without any hemodynamic derangement.