Comparison of conscious sedation for oocyte retrieval between low-anxiety and high-anxiety patients.

Study Objective: To investigate the correlation among the level of anxiety, the intravenous propofol requirement for conscious sedation, and recovery profile in in vitro fertilization patients.

Design: Prospective, randomized, double-blinded study.

Setting: Operating room of tertiary-care university hospital.

Preoperative anxiety and propofol requirement in conscious sedation for ovum retrieval.

The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the correlation among the trial number of in vitro fertilization (IVF), preoperative anxiety, and propofol requirement for conscious sedation. One hundred and twenty six Korean women undergoing oocyte retrieval were enrolled. The target-controlled infusion by the anesthesiologist was conducted with initial target propofol concentration of 2.