• Can J Anaesth · Feb 2000

    Rate of change of cerebral blood flow velocity with hyperventilation during anesthesia in humans.

    • K Y Chong, R A Craen, J M Murkin, D Lee, M Eliasziw, and A W Gelb.
    • Department of Anaesthesia, London Health Sciences Centre, University Campus, Ontario, Canada.
    • Can J Anaesth. 2000 Feb 1;47(2):125-30.

    PurposeAlthough it has been suggested that the rate at which the cerebral circulation responds to changes in PaCO2 is different with differing anesthetics, there have been no attempts to measure this. Transcranial Doppler allows the continuous measurement of cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) and any changes over time. Our aim was to compare the rate of change of CBFV when end-tidal CO2 (P(ET)CO2) was rapidly altered during halothane or isoflurane anesthesia.MethodsTwenty-eight unpremedicated healthy patients were randomly assigned to receive air/O2 and either 1-1.5 MAC halothane or isoflurane as the primary anesthetic. After 15 min of steady state, P(ET)CO2 was rapidly reduced from 45 mm Hg to 30 mm Hg. CBFV and P(ET)CO2 were recorded every 30 sec for the next 10 min.ResultsThe rate of change of normalized CBFV (delta CBFV vs. delta time) was more rapid in the isoflurane group (P <0.0001) especially in the initial few minutes. In all patients anesthetized with isoflurane, and in all but two patients anesthetized with halothane, the reduction in P(ET)CO2 produced a corresponding decrease in CBFV However, there were no differences in the magnitude of cerebrovascular CO2 reactivity (delta CBFV vs. delta P(ET)CO2) between the two groups.ConclusionsThe rate of change of CBFV was faster in the isoflurane than in the halothane group especially in the initial few minutes. Indeed, for two patients in the halothane group Vmca did not change despite a change in P(ET)CO2. This may be of clinical importance when cerebrovascular tone needs to be changed rapidly.

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