British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol 75, Issue 3 293-296, Copyright © 1995 by The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia
D. A. Hett, D. C. Smith, S. N. Pilkington and T. R. Abbott
We have recorded auditory evoked potentials before and during
cardiopulmonary bypass in 10 adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery
under moderate hypothermia to 27-28 degrees C. The immediate effect of
bypass was a small decrease in latency and increase in amplitude of the
early cortical response. We also studied two adults and two children during
profound hypothermia with circulatory arrest during cardiopulmonary bypass.
Reduction in core temperature to 25 degrees C resulted in an increase in
latency and amplitude of the brain stem responses; below this temperature
the amplitude decreased but latency continued to increase until the
auditory evoked response trace became completely flat between 21 and 19
degrees C. These changes were reversible on rewarming.
CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS
Effect of temperature and cardiopulmonary bypass on the auditory evoked response
Shackleton Department of Anaesthesia, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD
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