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Kanlop N, Chattipakorn S, Chattipakorn N. Effects of cilostazol in the heart. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2011; 12:88-95. [PMID: 21200326 DOI: 10.2459/jcm.0b013e3283439746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Cilostazol is a selective phosphodiesterase 3 (PDE3) inhibitor approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treatment of intermittent claudication. It has also been used in bradyarrhythmic patients to increase heart rates. Recently, cilostazol has been shown to prevent ventricular fibrillation in patients with Brugada syndrome. Cilostazol is hypothesized to suppress transient outward potassium (Ito) current and increase inward calcium current, thus, maintaining the dome (phase 2) of action potential, decreasing transmural dispersion of repolarization and preventing ventricular fibrillation. Although many PDE3 inhibitors have been shown to increase cardiac arrhythmia in heart failure, cilostazol has presented effects that are different from other PDE3 inhibitors, especially adenosine uptake inhibition. Owing to this effect, cilostazol could be an effective cardioprotective drug, with its beneficial effects in preventing arrhythmia. In this review, the cardiac electrophysiological effects of cilostazol are presented and its possible cardioprotective effects, particularly in preventing ventricular fibrillation, are discussed, with emphasis on the need to further verify its clinical benefits.
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- Natnicha Kanlop
- Cardiac Electrophysiology Unit, Department of Physiology, Thailand
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Suttner S, Boldt J, Mengistu A, Lang K, Mayer J. RETRACTED: Influence of continuous perioperative beta-blockade in combination with phosphodiesterase inhibition on haemodynamics and myocardial ischaemia in high-risk vascular surgery patients. Br J Anaesth 2009; 102:597-607. [DOI: 10.1093/bja/aep062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Boldt J, Suttner S. Combined use of ultra-short acting β-blocker esmolol and intravenous phosphodiesterase 3 inhibitor enoximone. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2007; 8:2135-47. [PMID: 17714066 DOI: 10.1517/14656566.8.13.2135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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In patients with impaired myocardial contractility associated with downregulation of the beta-receptors, compounds inhibiting phosphodiesterase (PDE) 3 may be useful to increase contractility. The PDE3 inhibitor enoximone has been shown to improve pump-function independent from the beta-receptor pathway. A simultaneous decrease in ventricular preload and afterload by vasodilation has led to the term 'inodilator'. Esmolol is the only available ultra-short acting intravenous beta-blocking agent. Due to its half-life of approximately 9 min, beta-blockade, and thus, heart rate, can easily be titrated. Esmolol appears to be a helpful tool to avoid myocardial ischemia (e.g., in the perioperative setting). As with all other beta-blockers, it has dose-dependent negative inotropic effects, and this limits its use in patients with severe heart failure showing low cardiac output. It seems reasonable that an intravenous combination of both approaches, enoximone-induced positive inotropy and esmolol-associated protection from myocardial ischemia, might offer advantages by producing beneficial hemodynamic effects and by compensating each other's limitations in a complementary way. In spite of some promising results, the place of a combination of enoximone and esmolol in the process of treating patients with (acute) heart failure showing low output is still not entirely clear, and needs further confirmation.
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- Joachim Boldt
- Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany.
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Boldt J, Brosch C, Lehmann A, Suttner S, Isgro F. The prophylactic use of the beta-blocker esmolol in combination with phosphodiesterase III inhibitor enoximone in elderly cardiac surgery patients. Anesth Analg 2004; 99:1009-1017. [PMID: 15385341 DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000132969.88550.96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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We assessed the influence of the prophylactic use of a combination of the IV beta-adrenergic blocker, esmolol, and the phosphodiesterase III inhibitor, enoximone, on postbypass hemodynamic status, inflammation, and endothelial and organ function in a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled study in 42 patients aged >65 yr undergoing aortocoronary bypass grafting. In 21 patients, esmolol (aim: heart rate <70 bpm) plus enoximone (initial bolus of 0.5 mg/kg followed by a continuous infusion of 2.5 microg x kg(-1) x min(-1)) was started after induction of anesthesia and continued until the morning of the first postoperative day; another 21 patients received saline solution as placebo. Hemodynamics, splanchnic perfusion (gastric-arterial CO(2) gap), liver function (glutathione transferase-alpha plasma levels), renal function (creatinine clearance, urine concentrations of N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase), myocardial ischemia (creatine-kinase MB and troponin T plasma levels), inflammation (elastase, interleukin-6 and -8 plasma levels), and endothelial integrity (adhesion molecules plasma levels) were assessed at baseline, before and after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), and in the intensive care unit until the first postoperative day. Catecholamine requirements were significantly less in the treated than in the nontreated patients. Heart rate was significantly slower, cardiac index was higher, and gastric-arterial CO(2) gap was significantly lower in the treatment group. Troponin T, beta-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase, glutathione transferase-alpha, and soluble adhesion molecules increased significantly in the untreated control, but remained almost normal in the esmolol+enoximone patients. Inflammatory responses (elastase/interleukins) were attenuated by esmolol+enoximone. We conclude that, in comparison to an untreated control, the prophylactic use of a combination of esmolol and enoximone in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass resulted in overall beneficial effects on postbypass hemodynamic status, organ function, inflammatory response, and endothelial integrity.
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- Joachim Boldt
- Departments of *Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine and †Cardiac Surgery, Klinikum der Stadt Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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Takahashi S, Fujii Y, Hoshi T, Uemura A, Miyabe M, Toyooka H. Milrinone attenuates the negative inotropic effects of landiolol in halothane-anesthetized dogs. Can J Anaesth 2003; 50:830-4. [PMID: 14525825 DOI: 10.1007/bf03019382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Clinical use of high dose beta-blocker therapy is limited by excessive negative inotropic effects. Previous studies suggest that milrinone may be of utility in limiting the inotropic but not the chronotropic effects of beta blockers. We examined the hemodynamic effects of co-administration of a new potent selective beta(1) blocker, landiolol, and milrinone in halothane-anesthetized dogs. METHODS Eighteen adult mongrel dogs were anesthetized with 1.2 MAC halothane. Hemodynamic measurements were made at baseline, 30 min after starting the milrinone (0.5 micro g x kg(-1) x min(-1)) or normal saline infusion (n = 9 in each), then 30 min after each change in the dose of landiolol infusion. The tested doses of landiolol were 10, 100, and 1000 micro g x kg(-1) x min(-1). RESULTS Landiolol (>/= 10 micro g x kg(-1) x min(-1)) has significant and comparable negative chronotropic effects in both groups of dogs. While it also has significant negative inotropic effects in both groups, such effects are significantly attenuated in the dogs treated with milrinone. CONCLUSION Milrinone is effective to attenuate the negative inotropic effects of landiolol in halothane-anesthetized dogs.
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- Shinji Takahashi
- Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
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Naughton C, Reilly N, Powroznyk A, Aps C, Hunt T, Hunter D, Parsons RS, Sherry E, Spackman D, Wielogorski A, Feneck RO. Factors determining the duration of tracheal intubation in cardiac surgery: a single-centre sequential patient audit. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2003; 20:225-33. [PMID: 12650494 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021503000383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The study was designed to identify those factors associated with early tracheal extubation following cardiac surgery. Previous studies have tended to concentrate on surgery for coronary artery bypass or on other selected cohorts. METHODS Sequential cohort analysis of 296 unselected adult cardiac surgery patients was performed over 3 months. RESULTS In total, 39% of all patients were extubated within 6 h, 89% within 24 h and 95% within 48 h. Delayed extubation (>6 h after surgery) appeared unrelated to age, gender, body mass index, a previous pattern of angina or myocardial infarction, diabetes, preoperative atrial fibrillation, and preoperative cardiovascular assessment, as well as other factors. Delayed tracheal extubation was associated with poor left ventricular, renal and pulmonary function, a high Euroscore, as well as the type, duration and urgency of surgery. Early extubation (<6 h) was not associated with a reduced length of stay in either the intensive care unit or in hospital compared with patients who were extubated between 6 and 24 h. In these groups, it is presumed that organizational and not clinical factors appear to be responsible for a delay in discharge from intensive care. Patients who were extubated after 24 h had a longer duration of hospital stay and a greater incidence of postoperative complications. Postoperative complications were not adversely affected by early tracheal extubation. CONCLUSIONS In an unselected sequential cohort, both patient- and surgery-specific factors may be influential in determining the duration of postoperative ventilation of the lungs following cardiac surgery. In view of the changing nature of the surgical population, regular re-evaluation is useful in reassessing performance.
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- C Naughton
- St Thomas' Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK
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Blunk JA, Seifert F, Schmelz M, Reeh PW, Koppert W. Injection pain of rocuronium and vecuronium is evoked by direct activation of nociceptive nerve endings. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2003; 20:245-53. [PMID: 12650497 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021503000413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Rocuronium and, to a lesser extent, vecuronium can induce burning sensations associated with withdrawal reactions during administration. Dermal microdialysis in human and electrophysiological recordings of nociceptors in mouse skin were used to elucidate the underlying mechanisms of pain induction. METHODS Microdialysis catheters were inserted intradermally into the forearm of 10 volunteers and were perfused with two different concentrations of rocuronium and vecuronium (1 and 10 mg mL(-1)) or a control. Dialysis samples were taken every 15 min and analysed for protein, histamine, tryptase and bradykinin content. Pain intensity was rated on a numerical scale of 0-10. In a parallel design, activation of cutaneous nociceptors was assessed directly in a skin-nerve in vitro preparation of the mouse hind paw. The receptive fields of identified single C-nociceptors (n = 12) were superfused with rocuronium or vecuronium solutions (10 mg mL(-1)) at physiological pH. RESULTS In accordance with clinical observations, microdialysis of rocuronium (10 mg mL(-1)) induced sharp burning pain (NRS 4.1 +/- 1.8), whereas vecuronium given in the usual clinical concentration (1 mg mL(-1)) induced only minor pain sensations (NRS 0.6 +/- 1.3). At equimolar concentrations, pain sensation and concomitant mediator release evoked by both drugs were similar. No correlations were found between pain rating and mediator release. In the in vitro preparation, C-fibres showed a consistent excitatory response with rapid onset after stimulation with vecuronium as well as rocuronium (differences not significant). CONCLUSIONS The algogenic effect of aminosteroidal neuromuscular blocking drugs can be attributed to a direct activation of C-nociceptors.
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- J A Blunk
- Friedrich-Alexander University, Department of Anaesthesiology, Erlangen, Germany
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Weber TP, Grosse Hartlage MA, Van Aken H, Booke M. Anaesthetic strategies to reduce perioperative blood loss in paediatric surgery. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2003; 20:175-81. [PMID: 12650487 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021503000310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In adults, a number of measures to reduce perioperative blood loss have been established. These techniques serve to reduce patients' exposure to homologous blood. Most adults are concerned with this issue especially since many patients became infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) during the 1980s through exposure to blood components. While blood-saving strategies are widely used in adults, they are mostly neglected in infants. However, it is these young patients with their whole life in front of them who, it could be argued, would benefit especially from any potentially avoidable infection (HIV, hepatitis, etc.) or immunological complications. In infants and small children, these blood-sparing techniques may not be as effective as in adults and technical limitations may prevent their application. However, some of these measures can be used and may serve to prevent or reduce exposure to homologous blood. In the following review, blood-saving techniques established in adults are described and their applicability for paediatric patients discussed.
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- T P Weber
- University Hospital, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Münster, Germany
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Leykin Y, Rubulotta F. Prophylactic continuous intravenous ephedrine infusion for elective Caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2003; 20:257-8. [PMID: 12650500 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021503240424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Effects of rolipram, pimobendan and zaprinast on ischaemia-induced dysrhythmias and on ventricular cyclic nucleotide content in the anaesthetized rat. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2003. [DOI: 10.1097/00003643-200303000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Leather HA, De Wolff MH, Wouters PF. Effects of propofol on the systolic and diastolic performance of the postischaemic, reperfused myocardium in rabbits. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2003; 20:191-8. [PMID: 12650489 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021503000334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The effect of propofol on myocardial dysfunction during ischaemia and reperfusion is controversial yet important because of its frequent use in cardiac anaesthesia. Although animal studies suggest a free radical-scavenging potential, the cardioprotective properties of propofol have not been demonstrated consistently in vivo. Previous studies focused on systolic function while diastolic function may be a more sensitive marker of ischaemic injury. The main aim was to document the effect of propofol on diastolic function in isolated, blood perfused rabbit hearts subjected to moderate global ischaemia and reperfusion. METHODS Propofol 168 micromol L(-1), or the equivalent of its vehicle, Intralipid, was administered to 34 paced parabiotic Langendorff blood-perfused isolated rabbit hearts before and after 30 min of global normothermic ischaemia. Recovery of systolic function was quantified with the maximum rate of rise of left ventricular pressure. Diastolic performance was assessed using the time constant of the decline in left ventricular pressure (tau) and chamber stiffness (VdP/dV at 12 mmHg). RESULTS Recovery of systolic function during reperfusion was comparable in the two groups. There was no difference in left ventricular pressure between the two groups at any time during the experiments. Chamber stiffness increased significantly during ischaemia and reperfusion in the control group (from 34 +/- 9 to 54 +/- 8 mmHg during ischaemia, and 43 +/- 5 mmHg after 30 min reperfusion; mean +/-95% confidence interval) but not in the propofol-treated group (29 +/- 5, 36 +/- 8 and 30 +/- 8 at baseline, ischaemia and 30 min reperfusion, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Propofol has no protective effect on active relaxation or on systolic function in the present model, but it reduces ischaemic and postischaemic chamber stiffness.
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- H A Leather
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of Anaesthesiology, Leuven, Belgium
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Bozkurt P, Süzer O, Ekici E, Demirci O, Kaya G, Hacibekiroğlu M. Effects of bupivacaine used with sevoflurane on the rhythm and contractility in the isolated rat heart. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2003; 20:199-204. [PMID: 12650490 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021503000346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The effects of sevoflurane on bupivacaine cardiotoxicity are mainly attributed to systemic effects. The purpose of this study was to investigate the direct myocardial effects of sevoflurane on bupivacaine toxicity. METHODS Hearts of 30 Wistar albino rats were isolated and mounted on a Langendorff apparatus perfused by modified Tyrode solution. Experimental groups were: a sevoflurane group (Group S, n = 10)--following baseline and 20 min (Stage 1) recordings, sevoflurane was added in doses of 1.4% (1 MAC) and 2.8% (2 MAC). In the two bupivacaine groups, bupivacaine 5 micromol (Group B5, n = 10) and bupivacaine 10 micromol (Group B10, n = 10) was added to the solution at Stage 1, and sevoflurane was added to the system as in Group S. Haemodynamic variables, i.e. heart rate, PR interval, QRS duration, left ventricular systolic pressure, contractility (+dp/dtmax), relaxation, time to reach peak systolic pressure, change in left ventricular diastolic pressure from baseline, and rate-pressure product were recorded. RESULTS In Group S, there was no change in cardiac rhythm. In bupivacaine groups, severe rhythm disturbances occurred and both the PR intervals and QRS complexes were prolonged significantly. All contractility variables deteriorated and the rate-pressure product decreased by 67-90% with the addition of bupivacaine. In all groups, 2 MAC sevoflurane lowered +dp/dtmax further. CONCLUSIONS Sevoflurane does not have any untoward effect on bupivacaine-induced cardiotoxicity in clinically relevant doses in the isolated rat heart.
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- P Bozkurt
- Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Department of Anaesthesiology, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Kobayashi S, Katoh T, Iwamoto T, Bito H, Sato S. Effect of the neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitor 7-nitroindazole on the righting reflex ED50 and minimum alveolar concentration during sevoflurane anaesthesia in rats. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2003; 20:212-9. [PMID: 12650492 DOI: 10.1017/s026502150300036x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The aim was to determine the effect of acute and chronic administration of 7-nitroindazole, a selective neuronal nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, on the righting reflex ED50 and the minimum alveolar concentration during sevoflurane anaesthesia in rats. METHODS 7-Nitroindazole was acutely (0, 50 and 100 mg kg(-1)) and chronically (0 and 150 mg kg(-1) day(-1), 4 days) administered to rats. After the preparation, the minimum alveolar concentration and the righting reflex ED50 were measured. The concentration of cGMP in the brain, cerebellum and spinal cord was also measured. RESULTS Acute administration reduced the minimum alveolar concentration (50 mg kg(-1), 58.8% (95% CI: 50.3-67.3%) of the baseline value, P < 0.01; 100 mg kg(-1), 55.8 (46.9-64.7), P < 0.01) and the righting reflex ED50 (50 mg kg(-1), 27.2 (17.2-37.2), P < 0.01; 100 mg kg(-1), 14.3 (6.6-22.0), P < 0.01). Chronic administration did not reduce the minimum alveolar concentration; however, it reduced the righting reflex ED50 (65.3 (52.9-77.7), P < 0.01). Overall, the reduction in minimum alveolar concentration in the acute and chronic protocol did not correlate with that of the righting reflex ED50. 7-Nitroindazole (100 mg kg(-1), acute) reduced the cGMP concentration within the cerebellum by 55.4%; however, it did not decrease concentrations in the brain or spinal cord. CONCLUSIONS Different mechanisms are responsible for the observed alterations to the minimum alveolar concentration and the righting reflex ED50 following treatment with 7-nitroindazole. The nitric oxide-cGMP pathway might play a less important role in the determination of minimum alveolar concentration than the righting reflex ED50.
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- S Kobayashi
- Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Hamamatsu, Japan.
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Hong JY, Lee IH. Suprascapular nerve block or a piroxicam patch for shoulder tip pain after day case laparoscopic surgery. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2003; 20:234-8. [PMID: 12650495 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021503000395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The reported incidence of shoulder tip pain following laparoscopic surgery varies from 35 to 63%. This study evaluated the analgesic efficacy of either performing a prophylactic suprascapular nerve block with bupivacaine or applying a piroxicam patch to the skin over both shoulders for the relief of shoulder tip pain after laparoscopy. METHODS Sixty healthy informed female patients were randomly assigned to one of three groups: (a) a control group (n = 20), no treatment; (b) a suprascapular nerve block group (n = 20) in which a bilateral suprascapular nerve block was performed before induction of anaesthesia with 5 mL 0.5% bupivacaine with epinephrine; and (c) a piroxicam patch group (n = 20) in which a 48 mg piroxicam patch on the skin of each shoulder was applied before induction of anaesthesia. All patients received a total intravenous anaesthesia technique with propofol, fentanyl and vecuronium. Shoulder tip and wound pain were recorded on a visual analogue pain scale at five time intervals for 24 h after surgery. RESULTS A total of 80% of patients in the control group, 75% in the suprascapular nerve block group and 45% in the piroxicam patch group complained of shoulder tip pain during the recording period (P < 0.05). The scores for shoulder tip pain in the piroxicam patch group were significantly lower compared with the control group at 3, 6 and 12 h, and compared with the suprascapular nerve block group at 6 and 12 h. The need for analgesics was also significantly lower in the piroxicam patch group compared with the other two groups. CONCLUSIONS Prophylactic piroxicam patches are effective and safe for the relief of shoulder tip pain after laparoscopy. Bilateral suprascapular nerve block is not effective in this setting.
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- J Y Hong
- Sungkyunku'an University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Samsung Cheil Hospital, Seoul, South Korea.
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Kranke P, Eberhart LH, Morin AM, Cracknell J, Greim CA, Roewer N. Treatment of hiccup during general anaesthesia or sedation: a qualitative systematic review. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2003; 20:239-44. [PMID: 12650496 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021503000401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Acute hiccup is a minor complication that can occur during sedation or general anaesthesia. The disorder can disturb the surgical field, might interfere with lung ventilation or could hamper diagnostic procedures. The objective was to perform a systematic search for interventions aimed at treating hiccup occurring during anaesthesia or sedation. METHODS A systematic search for reports describing interventions to treat hiccup in conjunction with anaesthesia was carried out (MEDLINE, EMBASE, Cochrane-Library, manual screening of reference lists and review articles, up to December 2001). Search terms were 'hiccup', 'singultus' or 'hiccough'. RESULTS Twenty-six reports involving approximately 581 patients focused on hiccup remedies in the anaesthesia setting. Only one report was substantiated by a randomized controlled trial. This investigated methylphenidate 10 mg intravenously in 51 patients, which did not show a beneficial effect compared with placebo. Hiccup was a self-limiting phenomenon. Case series and case reports focused on various systemically applied drugs in 12 reports, stimulating techniques (e.g. pharyngeal stimulation) in seven, topical applied remedies (e.g. intranasal ice-cold water) in four, and ventilation techniques (e.g. continuous positive pressure ventilation) in two. CONCLUSIONS A large variety of interventions have been proposed for the treatment of hiccup during anaesthesia and sedation. However, perioperative treatment is still based on empirical findings and no treatment is 'evidence-based'. Thus, no valid recommendations for the treatment of hiccup can be derived. Uncontrolled observations are inadequate to establish treatment efficacy.
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- P Kranke
- University of Würzburg, Department of Anaesthesiology, Germany.
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Schywalsky M, Ihmsen H, Tzabazis A, Fechner J, Burak E, Vornov J, Schwilden H. Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the new propofol prodrug GPI 15715 in rats. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2003; 20:182-90. [PMID: 12650488 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021503000322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE We studied the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of GPI 15715 (Aquavan injection), a new water-soluble prodrug metabolized to propofol by hydrolysis. METHODS Nine adult male Sprague-Dawley rats (398 +/- 31 g) received a bolus dose of 40 mg GPI 15715. The plasma concentrations of GPI 15715 and propofol were determined from arterial blood samples, and the pharmacokinetics of both compounds were investigated using compartment models whereby the elimination from the central compartment of GPI 15715 was used as drug input for the central compartment of propofol. Pharmacodynamics were assessed using the median frequency of the EEG power spectrum. RESULTS A maximum propofol concentration of 7.1 +/- 1.7 microg mL(-1) was reached 3.7 +/- 0.2 min after bolus administration. Pharmacokinetics were best described by two-compartment models. GPI 15715 showed a short half-life (2.9 +/- 0.2 and 23.9 +/- 9.9 min), an elimination rate constant of 0.18 +/- 0.01 min(-1) and a central volume of distribution of 0.25 +/- 0.02 L kg(-1). For propofol, the half-life was 1.9 +/- 0.1 and 45 +/- 7 min, the elimination rate constant was 0.15 +/- 0.02 min(-1) and the central volume of distribution was 2.3 +/- 0.6 L kg(-1). The maximum effect on the electroencephalogram (EEG)--EEG suppression for >4 s--occurred 6.5 +/- 1.2 min after bolus administration and baseline values of the EEG median frequency were regained 30 min later. The EEG effect could be described by a sigmoid Emax model including an effect compartment (E0 = 16.9 +/- 7.9 Hz, EC50 = 2.6 +/- 0.8 microg mL(-1), ke0 = 0.35 +/- 0.04 min(-1)). CONCLUSIONS Compared with known propofol formulations, propofol from GPI 15715 showed a longer half-life, an increased volume of distribution, a delayed onset, a sustained duration of action and a greater potency with respect to concentration.
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- M Schywalsky
- University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Department of Anaesthesiology, Erlangen, Germany
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Haeseler G, Leuwer M. High-affinity block of voltage-operated rat IIA neuronal sodium channels by 2,6 di-tert-butylphenol, a propofol analogue. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2003; 20:220-4. [PMID: 12650493 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021503000371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Propofol is a phenol derivative (2,6 di-isopropylphenol) with a unique effect profile including activating effects on GABA(A) and blocking effects on voltage-operated sodium channels. If the substituents in the 2- and the 6-positions are replaced by tert-butyl groups, the resulting phenol derivative, 2,6 di-tert-butylphenol, despite being a close structural propofol analogue, completely lacks GABA(A) receptor effects. The aim of this in vitro study was to investigate the effects of 2,6 di-tert-butylphenol on voltage-operated neuronal sodium channels in order to determine whether and, if so, how these structural changes alter the sodium channel-blocking effect seen with propofol. METHODS Whole-cell sodium inward currents through heterologously expressed rat type IIA sodium channels were recorded in the absence and presence of definite concentrations of 2,6 di-tert-butylphenol and propofol. RESULTS When applied at concentrations > or = 30 micromol, 2,6 di-tert-butylphenol completely and irreversibly blocked sodium inward currents. The blockade equilibrium time was about 2 min. A partial washout was possible only if the application was stopped before the equilibrium of the blockade was achieved. CONCLUSIONS 2,6 Di-tert-butylphenol exerts a high-affinity block of neuronal sodium channels. Apparently, the slight structural differences of 2,6 di-tert-butylphenol in comparison with propofol--which account for the lack of GABA(A) receptor effects--enhance its voltage-operated sodium channel-blocking effects. As 2,6 di-tert-butylphenol is much more potent than most sodium channel blockers in clinical use, it might be of interest in the development of local anaesthetics.
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- G Haeseler
- Hannover Medical School, Department of Anesthesiology, Hannover, Germany.
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Sakka SG, Meier-Hellmann A. Intrathoracic blood volume in a patient with pulmonary embolism. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2003; 20:256-7. [PMID: 12650499 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021503230428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Carceles MD, Aleixandre F, Fuente T, López-Vidal J, Laorden ML. Effects of rolipram, pimobendan and zaprinast on ischaemia-induced dysrhythmias and on ventricular cyclic nucleotide content in the anaesthetized rat. Eur J Anaesthesiol 2003; 20:205-11. [PMID: 12650491 DOI: 10.1017/s0265021503000358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE This study was designed to compare the haemodynamic, electrophysiological and pharmacodynamic effects of three selective inhibitors of the different isoenzyme forms of phosphodiesterase (PDE) on ischaemia-induced dysrhythmias in the anaesthetized rat. The drugs used were pimobendan, a selective PDE III inhibitor, rolipram, a selective PDE IV inhibitor, and zaprinast, a selective PDE V inhibitor. METHODS The coronary artery was occluded 15 min after commencing drug administration, and myocardial ischaemia was maintained for 30 min during which the heart rate and mean arterial pressure were recorded. cAMP and cGMP were determined by radioimmunoassay. RESULTS Pretreatment with rolipram decreased the duration of ventricular tachycardia without any change in the incidences of dysrhythmias or the mortality rate. This drug did not modify ventricular content of adenosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) or guanosine 3',5'-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP). Pimobendan (1 mg kg(-1) + 0.1 mg kg(-1) min) decreased the duration of ventricular tachycardia. This dose of pimobendan and zaprinast (1 mg kg(-1) + 0.1 mg kg(-1) min(-1)) increased the incidence rate of ventricular fibrillation following coronary artery ligation and the mortality rate. Moreover, both drugs increased cGMP in the ventricle. CONCLUSIONS The results demonstrated that pimobendan and zaprinast increased the incidence of dysrhythmias and the mortality rate, which was accompanied by an increase in the ventricular content of cGMP. Rolipram decreased the duration of ventricular tachycardia without a change in the cyclic nucleotide content or in the mortality rate.
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- M D Carceles
- University School of Medicine, Department of Anaesthesiology, CSV Arrixaca Hospital, Murcia, Spain
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Beta-Adrenergic blockade is associated with a significant reduction in mortality in most patients with structural heart disease. Clinical trial data involving patients after myocardial infarction or with congestive heart failure demonstrate that a reduction in sudden death accounts for much of the observed mortality reduction. Beta-adrenergic blockade inhibits the proarrhythmic effects of both neural and humoral sympathetic stimulation and inhibits the vagal withdrawal that accompanies ischemia. Although it does not have a dramatic effect on spontaneous ectopy or inducible monomorphic ventricular tachycardia, experimental and clinical data suggest that it inhibits the development of ventricular fibrillation by several mechanisms.
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- Michael J Reiter
- Division of Cardiology, Box B-130, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 4200 East 9th Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA.
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