• Der Anaesthesist · Dec 2017

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Determination of the median effective dose (ED50) of bupivacaine and ropivacaine unilateral spinal anesthesia : Prospective, double blinded, randomized dose-response trial.

    • WeiBing Wang, YuanHai Li, AiJiao Sun, HongPing Yu, JingChun Dong, and Huang Xu.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Jixi Road 218th, 230031, HeFei, China.
    • Anaesthesist. 2017 Dec 1; 66 (12): 936-943.

    BackgroundUnilateral spinal anesthesia (USpA) has been reported to potentiate spinal anaesthesia and is used in geriatric patients. The purpose of this study was to determine the median effective dose (ED50) of 0.5% hypobaric bupivacaine and 0.5% hypobaric ropivacaine USpA for geriatric patients (age ≥ 70 years) undergoing elective hip replacement surgery.MethodsA total of 60 geriatric patients (age ≥ 70 years) undergoing elective hip replacement surgery were enrolled in this study. The patients were randomized into 2 groups to receive either intrathecal 0.5% hypobaric bupivacaine USpA (group B) or 0.5% hypobaric ropivacaine USpA (group R). Effective anesthesia was defined as a T10 sensory blockade level maintained for more than 60 min, and a Bromage score of 3 on the operation side within 10 min after injection with no additional epidural anesthetic required during surgery. The ED50 of 0.5% hypobaric bupivacaine and 0.5% hypobaric ropivacaine was calculated using the Dixon and Massey formula.ResultsNo significant differences were found between the two groups in terms of demographic data. The ED50 of 0.5% hypobaric bupivacaine USpA was 4.66 mg (95% confidence interval CI 4.69-4.63 mg) mg and that of 0.5% hypobaric ropivacaine USpA was 6.43 mg (95% CI 6.47-6.39 mg) for geriatric patients undergoing hip replacement surgery.ConclusionWe find the ED50 were lower, and the ED50 of 0.5% hypobaric bupivacaine and ropivacaine was 4.66 mg (95% CI 4.69-4.63 mg) and 6.43 mg (95% CI 6.47-6.39 mg), respectively, for USpA in geriatric patients (age ≥ 70 years) undergoing elective hip replacement surgery.

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