Comparison of Two Techniques of IV Lidocaine on Propofol Injection Pain

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-01-20
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Intravenous lidocaine is commonly given through an intravenous (IV) line prior to injection of propofol to reduce the amount of pain during propofol injection. The investigators want to study if giving the lidocaine through the IV while the forearm on the same limb has a tourniquet applied to it to prevent "washing out" of the lidocaine prior to propofol injection helps reduce propofol injection pain.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
• Treatments: Lidocaine; Propofol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Any subject at North Carolina Baptist Hospital scheduled for a procedure in which they will receive propofol for sedation or anesthesia and will not be receiving any other medications prior to the propofol injection.

• Cases must be schedule to have a duration less than 60 minutes.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects are excluded if they cannot verbalize a rating of pain

• Subjects are excluded if they require intravenous medications prior to the study period