• Paediatric anaesthesia · Dec 2014

    Identifying a rapid bolus dose of dexmedetomidine (ED50) with acceptable hemodynamic outcomes in children.

    • Joy Dawes, Dorothy Myers, Matthias Görges, Guohai Zhou, J Mark Ansermino, and Carolyne J Montgomery.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
    • Paediatr Anaesth. 2014 Dec 1;24(12):1260-7.

    BackgroundDexmedetomidine is a highly sensitive, specific α2 adrenoceptor agonist with anxiolytic, sedative, and analgesic effects. Administration is recommended as a loading dose infused over 10 min. Clinical experience and a previous study suggested a shorter time frame might be used without causing adverse hemodynamic effects.ObjectiveTo determine the dexmedetomidine dose that can be given as a rapid 5 s bolus to healthy children during total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) without causing significant hemodynamic effects.MethodsASA I-II children, aged 5-9 years, having elective surgery under TIVA were recruited. The up-and-down sequential study design was employed to determine the effective dose of dexmedetomidine, starting at 0.3 mcg·kg(-1) with 0.1 mcg·kg(-1) intervals, which caused no hemodynamic response in half the subjects (ED50). Positive responses were defined as mean blood pressure (MAP) and/or heart rate (HR) changes ≥30% from baseline. Three parametric estimators and one nonparametric estimator were used to determine the ED50.ResultsTwenty-one subjects with median age 7.1 (range 5.4-9.5) years and median weight 23.6 (range 16.2-36.7) kg were recruited. A maximum median HR decrease of 20 b·min(-1) occurred at 50 s and a maximum median MAP increase of 12.5 mmHg occurred at 100 s after bolus dose administration. Fifteen subjects (71%) had a HR <60 b·min(-1) while one subject had a HR <40 b·min(-1) (minimum 35 b·min(-1)) for 60 s following the dexmedetomidine bolus. Four estimators led to an ED50 estimate for dexmedetomidine of 0.49 mcg·kg(-1) [95% CI 0.26-0.80 mcg·kg(-1)].ConclusionThe ED50 of dexmedetomidine administered over 5 s without significant hemodynamic compromise is 0.49 mcg·kg(-1). Further work is needed to determine the 'safe' (ED5 or less) and effective dose for desired perioperative clinical outcomes.© 2014 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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