Korean J Anesthesiol.  2013 May;64(5):420-425. 10.4097/kjae.2013.64.5.420.

Effect of a single dose of esmolol on the bispectral index to endotracheal intubation during desflurane anesthesia

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • 2Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. csho99@yuhs.ac

Abstract

BACKGROUND
In this prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we investigated the effect of a single dose of esmolol on the bispectral index (BIS) to endotracheal intubation during desflurane anesthesia.
METHODS
After induction of anesthesia, 60 patients were mask-ventilated with desflurane (end-tidal 1 minimum alveolar concentration) for 5 min and then received either normal saline, esmolol 0.5 or 1 mg/kg, 1 min prior to intubation (control, esmolol-0.5 and esmolol-1 groups, n = 20/group). BIS, mean arterial pressure, and heart rate were measured prior to anesthesia induction and esmolol administration, immediately preceding intubation (time point 0), and every minute for 5 min after intubation (time point 1 to 5). At time point 0, 1 and 5, 5 ml of arterial blood was taken to measure plasma concentrations of norepinephrine and epinephrine.
RESULTS
BIS increased significantly at 1 min after intubation when compared with pre-intubation values in all groups. Both mean arterial pressure and heart rate increased significantly 1 min after intubation when compared with preintubation values for all groups. Plasma epinephrine concentrations did not increase significantly after tracheal intubation in any of the groups. Norepinephrine increased at 1 min after intubation when compared with the preintubation values in the esmolol groups (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS
A single bolus of esmolol was unable to blunt the increase in BIS to endotracheal intubation during desflurane anesthesia.

Keyword

Bispectral index; Desflurane; Esmolol; Intubation; Norepinephrine

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia
Arterial Pressure
Epinephrine
Heart Rate
Humans
Intubation
Intubation, Intratracheal
Isoflurane
Norepinephrine
Plasma
Propanolamines
Prospective Studies
Epinephrine
Isoflurane
Norepinephrine
Propanolamines
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