Abstract:Objective To investigate the effect of dexmedetomidine combined with butorphanol in painless bronchoscopy.Methods 144 patients with pulmonary nodules who underwent electronic bronchoscopy from May 2021 to May 2022 were selected as the research subjects. 144 patients were divided into group A (lidocaine group), group B (lidocain + dexmedetomidine group), group C (lidocaine+dexmedetomidine + sufentanil combination group) and D group (lidocaine + dexmedetomidine+butorphanol combination group), 36 cases in each group by randomized controlled single-blind trial. All the enrolled patients were given oxygen by nasal cannula after entering the room. The bronchoscopy was completed after anesthesia according to groups. Entering the room (T0), 5 min after induction of anesthesia (T1), when the electronic bronchoscope passed through the glottis (T2), 5 min after the operation (T3), at the end of the operation (T4), and leaving the room (T5) in each group were compared. Heart rate (HR), percutaneous arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2), mean arterial pressure (MAP), intraoperative and postoperative adverse reactions in each group were observed and recorded, and the questionnaire was used to assess the patients’ comfort and operator’s satisfaction after patients woken up.Results All the patients in the 4 groups completed electronic bronchoscopy. The difference of HR differences between T2, T3 and T0 was statistically significant (H values were 21.15 and 19.63, both P < 0.05) , Bonferroni test showed that the difference of HR differences at T2, T3 and T0 in group C was statistically significant compared with Group A or Group B (all P < 0.05). The difference of SpO2 differences between T2 and T0 in four groups was statistically significant (H = 9.58, P = 0.023). Bonferroni test showed that the difference of SpO2 differences between T2 and T0 in group D was higher than that in group A, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.05). The difference of MAP differences between T2, T3 and T0 was statistically significant (H values were 9.65 and 21.31, both P < 0.05). Bonferroni test showed that the difference of MAP differences between T2 and T0 in group A and T3 and T0 in group D were significantly different from those of the other three groups, the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). Comparing each group, the patient comfort scale and the operator satisfaction scale in group D were higher than those in other groups, and the differences were statistically significant (Z values were 62.77 and 53.94, both P < 0.01), and group D had significantly lower adverse reactions than those in other groups, the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.01).Conclusion Dexmedetomidine combined with butorphanol anesthesia can be more pain-free effect, relatively more stable hemodynamics, lower probability of respiratory depression, higher patient comfort and operator satisfaction, and fewer adverse reactions. It is worth promoting and applying.