British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2002, Vol. 89, No. 2 260-264
© 2002 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia
Clinical Investigations |
Changes in the rapidly extracted auditory evoked potentials index and the bispectral index during sedation induced by propofol or midazolam under epidural block
Department of Anaesthesiology, Shanghai First People’s Hospital, Shanghai 200080, China*Corresponding author
Background. The bispectral index (BIS) and the rapidly extracted auditory evoked potentials index (A-line ARX Index or AAI) have been proposed as methods to measure the depth of sedation. A prospective study was designed to assess the performance of both these methods for measuring the depth of sedation induced by propofol or midazolam under epidural block.
Methods. Thirty-two ASA I and II adult patients undergoing elective gynaecological surgery under low-thoracolumbar epidural block were studied. Eighteen patients received propofol (Group P: 20 mg bolus every 3 min) and 14 received midazolam (Group M: 0.5 mg bolus every 5 min) until an observer’s assessment of alertness/sedation (OAA/S) scale score of 1 was achieved. AAI and BIS were monitored for different OAA/S scores.
Results. AAI and BIS decreased and increased following the changes on the patients’ OAA/S scores and correlated with sedation significantly. During the onset phase, the coefficients of Spearman’s rank correlation for AAI and BIS were respectively 0.958 and 0.898 (P<0.001) for Group P, and 0.973 and 0.945 (P<0.001) for Group M. During the recovery phase in Group P, the coefficients were respectively 0.946 and 0.702 (P<0.001). Linear regression analysis showed that both AAI and BIS were linearly related to the OAA/S scores. The coefficients of Spearman’s rank correlation and linear regression for AAI were all greater than those for BIS (P<0.05).
Conclusions. Both AAI and BIS correlated well with the depth of sedation induced by propofol or midazolam under epidural block. AAI may be more valuable when monitoring depth of sedation.
Br J Anaesth 2002; 89: 260–4
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