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British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol 76, Issue 5 685-693, Copyright © 1996 by The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS

Haemodynamic responses to incision and sternotomy in relation to the auditory evoked potential and spontaneous EEG

NAM. de Beer, J. C. van Hooff, PJM. Cluitmans, HHM. Korsten and RJE. Grouls
Department of Medical Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Section of Physiological Psychology, Tilburg University, PO Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, The Netherlands; Catharina Hospital, PO Box 1350, 5602 ZA Eindhoven, The Netherlands

We investigated the effect of incision and sternotomy on the auditory evoked potential (AEP) and EEG, to try to predict a haemodynamic response to incision or sternotomy using the AEP and EEG in 41 patients undergoing cardiac surgery during propofol and alfentanil anaesthesia. The AEP and EEG were recorded before incision, between incision and sternotomy, and after sternotomy. Peak latencies and amplitudes of AEP peaks V, Na, Pa, Nb, Pb and Nc were determined. From the EEG the median, spectral edge and peak power frequencies, and percentages of delta, theta, alpha and beta power were calculated. Each patient was classified as responsive, equivocally responsive or unresponsive to incision or sternotomy based on increase in arterial pressure and heart rate on incision and sternotomy. Before incision, Nb and Pb latency and propofol concentration were higher for unresponsive patients but heart rate and median frequency before incision were lower. After sternotomy, Pa and Nb amplitude, peak power frequency and percentage alpha power were higher, and percentage theta power lower for responsive patients. Pa latency was higher after sternotomy for unresponsive patients. Using a combination of heart rate, arterial pressures and features derived from the AEP (all recorded before incision), the occurrence of a response to incision could be predicted in individual patients with a sensitivity of 85%, positive predictive accuracy of 63% and total accuracy of 72%. We conclude that AEP are more sensitive to pain stimuli than spectral features of the spontaneous EEG. In addition, the AEP may help in predicting inadequate anaesthesia.
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