• Can J Anaesth · Nov 1998

    Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial

    Haemodynamic effects of induction of general anaesthesia with propofol during epidural anaesthesia.

    • T Kasaba, O Kondou, Y Yoshimura, Y Watanabe, and M Takasaki.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Miyazaki Medical College, Japan. binjik@post1.miyazaki-med.ac.jp
    • Can J Anaesth. 1998 Nov 1;45(11):1061-5.

    PurposeTo clarify whether propofol administration during thoracic or lumbar epidural anaesthesia intensifies the haemodynamic depression associated with epidural anaesthesia.MethodsPatients (n = 45) undergoing procedures of similar magnitude were randomly divided into three study groups: a control group (n = 15) receiving general anaesthesia alone and two study groups undergoing thoracic (n = 15) and lumbar epidural anaesthesia (n = 15) before induction of general anaesthesia. All patients received 2 mg.kg-1 propofol at a rate of 200 mg.min-1, followed by a continuous infusion of 4 mg.kg-1.hr-1. Mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) and heart rate (HR) were measured at baseline, three minutes after induction, and one minute after tracheal intubation in all three groups and at 20 min after epidural anaesthesia was established in the thoracic and lumbar groups.ResultsFollowing epidural anaesthesia, MAP decreased from 94 +/- 14 (SD) at baseline to 75 +/- 11 mmHg (P < 0.0001) in the thoracic group and from 92 +/- 12 to 83 +/- 15 mmHg in the lumbar group. After propofol administration, MAP decreased further in the thoracic group to 63 +/- 9 mmHg (P = 0.0077) and to 67 +/- 10 mmHg (P = 0.0076) in the lumbar group. The MAP following propofol induction in the thoracic group (P < 0.0001) and in the lumbar group (P = 0.0001) was lower than MAP in the control group (81 +/- 9 mmHg). HR decreased only in response to thoracic epidural anaesthesia (P = 0.0066).ConclusionThe hypotensive effects of propofol are additive to those of epidural anaesthesia, resulting in a profound decrease in mean arterial pressure.

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