Effect of Fentanyl-Based Intravenous Patient-Controlled Analgesia with and without Basal Infusion on Postoperative Opioid Consumption and Opioid-Related Side Effects: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Haesun Jung, Kook Hyun Lee, YoungHyun Jeong, Kang Hee Lee, Susie Yoon, Won Ho Kim, Ho-Jin Lee, Haesun Jung, Kook Hyun Lee, YoungHyun Jeong, Kang Hee Lee, Susie Yoon, Won Ho Kim, Ho-Jin Lee

Abstract

Purpose: We aimed to investigate the effect of a basal opioid infusion in fentanyl-based intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV-PCA) on postoperative opioid consumption, pain intensity, and occurrence of opioid-related side effects.

Patients and methods: We retrospectively reviewed 2097 consecutive patients who received IV-PCA after elective general, thoracic, urologic, and plastic surgery under general anesthesia between June 2019 and October 2019. The patients were divided into two groups: IV-PCA with basal infusion (basal group) and IV-PCA without basal infusion (no basal group). We performed a propensity score matching (PSM) analysis to adjust for baseline differences between both groups. We compared the fentanyl PCA consumption (mcg), pain intensity, rescue analgesic administration, and occurrence of opioid-related side effects (nausea, vomiting, somnolence or dizziness, and overall side effects) during the first 48 hours postoperatively between the two groups before and after PSM.

Results: We analyzed 1317 eligible patients. Of these, 757 (57.5%) patients received IV-PCA without basal infusion. The PSM of the total cohort yielded 539 pairs of cases. After PSM, the fentanyl PCA consumption was significantly lower in the no basal group at 48 hours postoperatively as compared to the basal group (at 24 hours, the median difference: -80 mcg, P<0.001, 95% CI=-112 - -45 mcg; at 48 hours, the median difference: -286 mcg, P<0.001, 95% CI=-380 - -190 mcg), without significantly increasing pain intensity and administration of rescue analgesia. The occurrence of overall opioid-related side effects was also significantly lower in the no basal group (at 24 hours: 31.0% vs 23.0%, OR=0.67, P=0.003, 95% CI=0.51 - 0.87; at 48 hours: 18.9% vs 11.0%, OR=0.48, P<0.001, 95% CI=0.31 - 0.75).

Conclusion: Basal infusion of fentanyl-based IV-PCA was significantly associated with an increase in fentanyl consumption and the occurrence of opioid-related side effects in postsurgical patients.

Keywords: acute pain; analgesia; opioids; pain; patient-controlled; perioperative medicine; postoperative.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors report no conflicts of interest in this work.

© 2020 Jung et al.

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