Maintaining anaesthesia with remifentanil to the end of the surgery, until after extubation, can suppress coughing without prolonging the recovery from anaesthesia. This effect is dose dependent and is more pronounced at higher concentrations of remifentanil (2.0 or 2.5 ng/ml).
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