Population
10 patients undergoing elective abdominal aortic surgery, mean age 68.4 +/- 7.9 yr, mean weight 74.4 +/…
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Case_series
Follow-up
24-h period
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May warrant caution for prolonged recovery with high-dose sufentanil in aortic surgery; case report leaves open age-adjusted dosing needs.
When sufentanil is used in large doses as the primary anesthetic for abdominal aortic surgery, its long elimination half-time implies a much longer recovery than anticipated from general surgical data.
Hudson et al. (1989) studied this question.