Spinal and supra-spinal modulation of propofol injection pain by rubbing and distraction: a randomized, partially-blind controlled study.

BACKGROUND: Propofol, an intravenous (IV) anesthetic drug, is associated with injection pain if administered in its standard formulation without intervention. Pain transmission can be modulated or inhibited at the spinal cord dorsal horn cell level o…

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