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Effect of a single dose of esmolol on the bispectral index to endotracheal intubation during desflurane anesthesia
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Effect of a single dose of esmolol on the bispectral index to endotracheal intubation during desflurane anesthesia

Eun Mi Choi, Kyeong Tae Min, Jeong Rim Lee, Tai Kyung Lee and Seung Ho Choi
Korean journal of anesthesiology, Vol.64(5), pp.420-425
05/01/2013
DOI: 10.4097/kjae.2013.64.5.420
PMCID: PMC3668103
PMID: 23741564

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Abstract

Background: In this prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we investigated the effect of a single dose of esmolol on the bispectral index (BIS) to endotracheal intubation during desflurane anesthesia. Methods: After induction of anesthesia, 60 patients were mask-ventilated with desflurane (end-tidal 1 minimum alveolar concentration) for 5 min and then received either normal saline, esmolol 0.5 or 1 mg/kg, 1 min prior to intubation (control, esmolol-0.5 and esmolol-1 groups, n = 20/group). BIS, mean arterial pressure, and heart rate were measured prior to anesthesia induction and esmolol administration, immediately preceding intubation (time point 0), and every minute for 5 min after intubation (time point 1 to 5). At time point 0, 1 and 5, 5 ml of arterial blood was taken to measure plasma concentrations of norepinephrine and epinephrine. Results: BIS increased significantly at 1 min after intubation when compared with pre-intubation values in all groups. Both mean arterial pressure and heart rate increased significantly 1 min after intubation when compared with preintubation values for all groups. Plasma epinephrine concentrations did not increase significantly after tracheal intubation in any of the groups. Norepinephrine increased at 1 min after intubation when compared with the preintubation values in the esmolol groups (P < 0.05). Conclusions: A single bolus of esmolol was unable to blunt the increase in BIS to endotracheal intubation during desflurane anesthesia.
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