Anesth Pain Med.  2011 Apr;6(2):131-137.

The optimal concentrations of propofol at eye opening and orientation after propofol-remifentanil TCI in Koreans

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. anedoc@catholic.ac.kr

Abstract

BACKGROUND
The recovery time in propofol target controlled infusion (TCI) can be determined by the context sensitive decrement time (CSDT) using a Multichannel TCI system. Therefore, it is important to obtain the default CSDT in a Multichannel TCI system. The effect-site concentrations for eye opening and orientation in adults after propofol-remifentanil TCI were evaluated according to the CSDT using a Multichannel TCI system.
METHODS
After obtaining informed consent and Institutional Review Board approval, 135 ASA Class I or II patients scheduled to undergo elective surgery were divided into 3 groups according to age. The three groups included the following: group 1 (n = 45), 18-19 years; group 2 (n = 45), 30-39 years; and group 3 (n = 45), 40-54 years. The propofol infusion was started at a propofol target effect-site concentration (CeT) of 6microg/ml. Anesthesia was maintained primarily with a propofol CeT of 2.5microg/ml, a remifentanil CeT of 6ng/ml and with 67% nitrous oxide in oxygen. The average effect-site concentrations of propofol at eye opening and orientation in each group were estimated.
RESULTS
The average range of the effect-site concentrations of propofol at eye opening and orientation after surgery were 0.9-1.1microg/ml. The range of times to eye opening and orientation after stopping the nitrous oxide and infusion after surgery were 10.9-12.9 min.
CONCLUSIONS
The average range of the effect-site concentrations of propofol at eye opening and orientation after propofol-remifentanil TCI in Koreans are 0.9-1.1microg/ml.

Keyword

Intravenous anesthesia; Orientation; Propofol; Remifentanil

MeSH Terms

Adult
Anesthesia
Anesthesia, Intravenous
Ethics Committees, Research
Eye
Humans
Informed Consent
Nitrous Oxide
Orientation
Oxygen
Piperidines
Propofol
Nitrous Oxide
Oxygen
Piperidines
Propofol
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