Auditory-evoked Potentials in Bispectral Index-guided Anaesthesia for Cardiac Surgery.
From: Kuopio University Hospital, Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Department, Kuopio, Finland. tadeusz.musialowicz@kuh.fi
European journal of anaesthesiology
- Publish Date: Jul 2007
- ISSN: 0265-0215
- Volume: 24
- Issue: 7
- Pages: 571-9
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Musialowicz T, Niskanen M, Yppärilä-Wolters H, et al. Auditory-evoked Potentials in Bispectral Index-guided Anaesthesia for Cardiac Surgery.. Jul 2007;24:571-9
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Midlatency auditory-evoked potentials, as measures of the anaesthetic state, were evaluated at similar levels of bispectral index in cardiac surgical patients maintained with either propofol or isoflurane anaesthesia. METHODS: Twenty-four patients were randomly allocated to anaesthesia with propofol (n = 12) or isoflurane (n = 12). Bispectral index was maintained below 60 during surgery. Auditory-evoked potentials were collected before induction of anaesthesia, 10 min after intubation, 30 min after sternotomy, during cardiopulmonary bypass at the time of cross-clamping of the aorta and during stable mild hypothermia, after de-clamping of the aorta, and after the operation. RESULTS: At the pre-determined time points, bispectral index values showed comparable depth of hypnosis in both groups. The latency of the Nb component of midlatency auditory-evoked potentials was significantly increased in the isoflurane group after intubation (P < 0.001) and that of both the Nb and the Pa components after sternotomy (P < 0.001) compared with the propofol group. No differences between the groups were detected with respect to haemodynamic variables. No patient reported recall of intraoperative events.CONCLUSION: After intubation and surgical stimulation, when bispectral index was at a constant level, there was a difference in the Nb and Pa components of the midlatency auditory-evoked potentials between the two anaesthetic regimens, indicating a distinction in the state of anaesthesia. Our results suggest that the parallel use of these two electrophysiological methods can show differences in the components of anaesthesia between various anaesthesia methods in cardiac surgical patients.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Aged, Alfentanil, Anesthesia, General, Anesthetics, Combined, Anesthetics, Inhalation, Anesthetics, Intravenous, Blood Pressure, Cardiopulmonary Bypass, Consciousness, Coronary Artery Bypass, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Female, Heart Rate, Humans, Isoflurane, Male, Memory, Middle Aged, Monitoring, Intraoperative, Propofol, Reaction Time, Time Factors
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