Table 3.

Studies of remifentanil as an analgesic

Study	Surgery	Control group	Study group	N	Pain scores	PONV	Adverse events
Choi et al28	Abdominal hysterectomy	Fentanyl infusion	Remifentanil infusion	56	No difference	No difference	Respiratory depression in study group
Kucukemre et al30	Abdominal surgery	Morphine PCA	Remifentanil PCA	60	No difference	No difference	Apnea after loading dose of remifentanil in one patient
Gurbet et al31	Cardiac Surgery	Morphine or Fentanyl PCA	Remifentanil PCA	75	No difference	>morphine group	Pruritis in fentanyl group
Baltali et al32	Cardiac surgery	Morphine PCA	Remifentanil PCA	60	<pain with cough and movement in study group	No difference	No difference
Volmanen et al35	Labor analgesia	Epidural bupivicaine	Remifentanil PCA	52	< pain in control group	>study group	Maternal desaturation, sedation in study group