British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2003, Vol. 91, No. 6 825-829
© 2003 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia
Clinical Investigations |
Comparison of 1% and 2% lidocaine epidural anaesthesia combined with sevoflurane general anaesthesia utilizing a constant bispectral index
Department of Anesthesiology, Shimane Medical University, 89–1 Enya-cho, Izumo City 693–8501, Japan
*Corresponding author. E-mail: ssakura@med.shimane-u.ac.jp
Background. The authors compared the effects of epidural anaesthesia with lidocaine 1% and lidocaine 2% on haemodynamic variables, sevoflurane requirements, and stress hormone responses during surgery under combined epidural/general anaesthesia with bispectral index score (BIS) kept within the range 40–50.
Methods. Thirty-three patients undergoing lower abdominal surgery were randomly divided into two groups to receive lidocaine 1% or 2% by epidural with sevoflurane general anaesthesia. Sevoflurane was adjusted to achieve a target BIS of 40–50 during maintenance of anaesthesia with nitrous oxide 60% in oxygen. Measurements included the inspired (FISEVO) and the end-tidal sevoflurane concentrations (E'SEVO), blood pressure (BP), and heart rate (HR) before surgery and every 5 min during surgery for 2 h. Plasma samples were taken immediately before and during surgery for measurements of catecholamines, cortisol, and lidocaine.
Results. During surgery, both groups were similar for HR, BP and BIS, but FISEVO and E'SEVO were significantly higher and more variable with lidocaine 1% than with 2%. Intraoperative plasma concentrations of epinephrine and cortisol were found to be higher with lidocaine 1% as compared with 2%.
Conclusions. To maintain BIS of 40–50 during combined epidural/general anaesthesia for lower abdominal surgery, sevoflurane concentrations were lower and less variable with lidocaine 2% than with 1%. In addition, the larger concentration of lidocaine suppressed the stress hormone responses better.
Br J Anaesth 2003; 91: 825–9
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