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Menu SECTIONS * News * Features * CME * Conferences * Clinical Tools * Special Collections * Multimedia * Topics * Acute Pain * Chronic Pain * General Medicine * General Pain Management * Headache * Musculoskeletal * Neuropathic Pain * Opioids * Pediatric Pain Management * Practice Management * Haymarket Medical Network * Cancer Therapy Advisor * Clinical Advisor * Clinical Pain Advisor * Dermatology Advisor * Endocrinology Advisor * Gastroenterology Advisor * Hematology Advisor * Infectious Disease Advisor * Medical Bag * MPR * Neurology Advisor * Oncology Nurse Advisor * Ophthalmology Advisor * Optometry Advisor * Psychiatry Advisor * Pulmonology Advisor * Rare Disease Advisor * Renal and Urology News * Rheumatology Advisor * Sleep Wake Advisor * The Cardiology Advisor Search for: * News * CME * Meetings Part of the * News and Features * CME * Conferences * Clinical Tools * Special Collections * Multimedia Acute Pain REMIFENTANIL LINKED TO HIGHER MORPHINE NEED POST-SURGERY Lisa Kuhns, PhD | April 16, 2024 Researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to explore the effect of remifentanil on acute and chronic postsurgical pain after cardiac surgery. Remifentanil may increase morphine consumption after surgery and increase complications, although evidence does not support incidence of chronic postsurgical pain after cardiac surgery. These study findings were reported in the Journal of Clinical Pain. Researchers conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to explore the effect of remifentanil on acute and chronic postsurgical pain after cardiac surgery. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) were collected from 5 databases, and a random-effect model with the generic Mantel-Haenszel method was preferred for integrating risk ratios (RRs). The primary outcome of the study was chronic postsurgical pain. Secondary outcomes were scores of postsurgical pain and morphine consumption within 24 hours after cardiac surgery. From a total of 1241 articles, 7 studies with 658 patients aged between 32 and 85 years were included after screening. Regarding anesthesia maintenance, 2 studies used propofol in combination with isoflurane or sevoflurane, 4 studies opted for target-controlled infusion of propofol alone, and 1 study utilized isoflurane or sevoflurane. For analgesia, 3 studies administered low-dose remifentanil, while 4 employed high-dose remifentanil. The studies focused on chronic pain and had follow-up durations exceeding 3 months, with the longest being 1 year. Despite all studies evaluating the impact of remifentanil on pain outcomes, they differed in surgery types, sample sizes, and study designs. Most RCTs in the review had a low risk of bias, except for 3 studies with concerns about unclear randomization, intervention deviations, and selection of reported results. Despite these issues, risks for other biases were low. A publication bias analysis using a funnel plot indicated a low risk of publication bias, as the distribution was symmetric. The incidence of chronic postsurgical pain, reported in 4 studies with 415 participants, showed no significant differences between the 2 groups (relative risk: 1.02; 95% CI, 0.53-1.95; P =.95; I²=59%). While the cumulative Z curve crossed the traditional boundary, it didn’t cross the Trial Sequential Analysis (TSA) boundary for benefit or harm and didn’t meet the required information size (RIS). This suggests that the traditional meta-analysis might indicate a positive outcome, but it could be a false positive. Further trials are needed for conclusive verification. Postsurgical morphine consumption, assessed in 6 studies with 569 participants and a follow-up of at least 24 hours after surgery, was significantly higher in the remifentanil group compared with the control group (mean difference: 6.94; 95% CI, 3.65-10.22; P <.01; I²=0%). Stratified analyses for low and high-dose remifentanil groups both showed higher morphine consumption compared to controls (low: P =.0009; high: P =.01). The cumulative Z curve surpassed both the traditional and TSA boundaries, indicating a positive result despite not reaching the RIS. 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However, there was moderate certainty evidence that the use of remifentanil increases the consumption of morphine for analgesia in the short term, and more direct comparison trials are needed to inform clinical decision-making with greater confidence. Postsurgical pain scores, evaluated in 2 studies with 196 participants, showed no significant differences between the 2 groups (mean difference: 0.09; 95% CI, -0.36 to 0.55; P =.69; I²=0%). The cumulative Z curve did not cross the conventional or the TSA boundaries for benefit or harm and did not meet the RIS, indicating the conclusion is unreliable. Further studies are necessary for verification. The quality of evidence for chronic postsurgical pain was low due to high bias and moderate heterogeneity (I2=53%). Evidence on morphine consumption was moderate, downgraded for wide confidence intervals. Evidence for postsurgical pain scores was low and downgraded due to high bias in one study and imprecise effect estimates. Study limitations include that postoperative pain management protocols vary widely, postsurgical pain levels and/or analgesic consumption was not always the main end point of the included study, and it was not possible for each study to adopt double-blinding in the choice of anesthesia strategy, which can affect the results. Researchers concluded, “Remifentanil has not been considered currently to increase the incidence of chronic postoperative pain. However, there was moderate certainty evidence that the use of remifentanil increases the consumption of morphine for analgesia in the short term, and more direct comparison trials are needed to inform clinical decision-making with greater confidence.” References: Zhang B, Cai C, Pan Z, Zhuang L, Qi Y. Effect of remifentanil on acute and chronic postsurgical pain in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis. 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