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Díaz-Cambronero Ó, Mazzinari G, Errando CL, Garutti I, Gurumeta AA, Serrano AB, Esteve N, Montañes MV, Neto AS, Hollmann MW, Schultz MJ, Argente Navarro MP. An educational intervention to reduce the incidence of postoperative residual curarisation: a cluster randomised crossover trial in patients undergoing general anaesthesia. Br J Anaesth 2023; 131:482-490. [PMID: 37087332 DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2023.02.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 02/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/24/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The incidence of postoperative residual curarisation remains unacceptably high. We assessed whether an educational intervention on perioperative neuromuscular block management can reduce it. METHODS In this multicentre, cluster randomised crossover trial, centres were allocated to receive an educational intervention either in a first or a second period. The educational intervention consisted of a lecture about neuromuscular management key points, including quantitative neuromuscular monitoring and use of reversal agents. The lecture was streamed to allow repetition. Additionally, memory cards were distributed in each operating theatre. The primary outcome was postoperative residual curarisation in the PACU. Secondary outcomes were frequency of quantitative neuromuscular monitoring, use of reversal agents, and incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications during hospital stay. Measurements were performed before randomisation and after the first and the second period. The effect of the educational intervention was estimated using multivariable mixed effects logistic regression models. RESULTS We included 2314 subjects in 34 Spanish centres. Postoperative residual curarisation incidence was not affected by the educational intervention (odds ratio [OR] 0.90 [95% confidence interval {CI}: 0.51-1.58]; P=0.717 and 1.30 [0.73-2.30]; P=0.371] for first and second time-period interaction). The educational intervention increased the quantitative neuromuscular monitor usage (OR 2.04 [95% CI: 1.31-3.19]; P=0.002), the use of reversal agents was unchanged (OR 0.79 [95% CI: 0.50-1.26]; P=0.322), and the incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications decreased (OR 0.19 [95% CI: 0.10-0.35]; P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS An educational intervention on perioperative neuromuscular block management did not reduce the incidence of postoperative residual curarisation nor increase reversal, despite increased quantitative neuromuscular monitoring. Sugammadex reversal was associated with reduced postoperative residual curarisation. The educational intervention was associated with a decrease in postoperative pulmonary complications. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NCT03128151.
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Affiliation(s)
- Óscar Díaz-Cambronero
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain; Perioperative Medicine Research Group, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain.
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain; Perioperative Medicine Research Group, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain; Perioperative Medicine Research Group, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Center, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia; Department of Critical Care Medicine, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Amsterdam UMC, Location 'AMC', Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Intensive Care, Amsterdam UMC, Location 'AMC', Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain; Perioperative Medicine Research Group, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe, Valencia, Spain
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Díaz-Cambronero O, Serrano A, Abad-Gurumeta A, Garutti Martinez I, Esteve N, Alday E, Ferrando C, Mazzinari G, Vila-Caral P, Errando Oyonarte CL. Perioperative neuromuscular blockade. 2020 update of the SEDAR (Sociedad Española de Anestesiología y Reanimación) recommendations. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE ANESTESIOLOGIA Y REANIMACION 2023; 70:37-50. [PMID: 36621572 DOI: 10.1016/j.redare.2022.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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We present an update of the 2020 Recommendations on neuromuscular blockade of the SEDAR. The previous ones dated 2009. A modified Delphi consensus analysis (experts, working group, and previous extensive bibliographic revision) 10 recommendations were produced1: neuromuscular blocking agents were recommended for endotracheal intubation and to avoid faringo-laryngeal and tracheal lesions, including critical care patients.2 We recommend not to use neuromuscular blocking agents for routine insertion of supraglotic airway devices, and to use it only in cases of airway obstruction or endotracheal intubation through the device.3 We recommend to use a rapid action neuromuscular blocking agent with an hypnotic in rapid sequence induction of anesthesia.4 We recommend profound neuromuscular block in laparoscopic surgery.5 We recommend quantitative monitoring of neuromuscular blockade during the whole surgical procedure, provided neuromuscular blocking agents have been used.6 We recommend quantitative monitoring through ulnar nerve stimulation and response evaluation of the adductor pollicis brevis, acceleromyography being the clinical standard.7 We recommend a recovery of neuromuscular block of at least TOFr ≥ 0.9 to avoid postoperative residual neuromuscular blockade.8 We recommend drug reversal of neuromuscular block at the end of general anesthetic, before extubation, provided a TOFr ≥ 0.9 has not been reached.9 We recommend to choose anticholinesterases for neuromuscular block reversal only if TOF≥2 and a TOFr ≥ 0.9 has not been attained.10 We recommend to choose sugammadex instead of anticholinesterases for reversal of neuromuscular blockade induced with rocuronium.
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- O Díaz-Cambronero
- Hospital Universitari Politécnic La Fe, Grupo de Investigación Medicina Perioperatoria, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
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- Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.
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- Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain.
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- Hospital de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain.
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- Hospital Universitari Politécnic La Fe, Grupo de Investigación Medicina Perioperatoria, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, Valencia, Spain.
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- Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Hospital Can Misses, Ibiza, Islas Baleares, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
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Thilen SR, Weigel WA, Todd MM, Dutton RP, Lien CA, Grant SA, Szokol JW, Eriksson LI, Yaster M, Grant MD, Agarkar M, Marbella AM, Blanck JF, Domino KB. 2023 American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Guidelines for Monitoring and Antagonism of Neuromuscular Blockade: A Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Neuromuscular Blockade. Anesthesiology 2023; 138:13-41. [PMID: 36520073 DOI: 10.1097/aln.0000000000004379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 85.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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These practice guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations on the management of neuromuscular monitoring and antagonism of neuromuscular blocking agents during and after general anesthesia. The guidance focuses primarily on the type and site of monitoring and the process of antagonizing neuromuscular blockade to reduce residual neuromuscular blockade.
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Uwamahoro R, Sundaraj K, Subramaniam ID. Assessment of muscle activity using electrical stimulation and mechanomyography: a systematic review. Biomed Eng Online 2021; 20:1. [PMID: 33390158 PMCID: PMC7780389 DOI: 10.1186/s12938-020-00840-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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This research has proved that mechanomyographic (MMG) signals can be used for evaluating muscle performance. Stimulation of the lost physiological functions of a muscle using an electrical signal has been determined crucial in clinical and experimental settings in which voluntary contraction fails in stimulating specific muscles. Previous studies have already indicated that characterizing contractile properties of muscles using MMG through neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) showed excellent reliability. Thus, this review highlights the use of MMG signals on evaluating skeletal muscles under electrical stimulation. In total, 336 original articles were identified from the Scopus and SpringerLink electronic databases using search keywords for studies published between 2000 and 2020, and their eligibility for inclusion in this review has been screened using various inclusion criteria. After screening, 62 studies remained for analysis, with two additional articles from the bibliography, were categorized into the following: (1) fatigue, (2) torque, (3) force, (4) stiffness, (5) electrode development, (6) reliability of MMG and NMES approaches, and (7) validation of these techniques in clinical monitoring. This review has found that MMG through NMES provides feature factors for muscle activity assessment, highlighting standardized electromyostimulation and MMG parameters from different experimental protocols. Despite the evidence of mathematical computations in quantifying MMG along with NMES, the requirement of the processing speed, and fluctuation of MMG signals influence the technique to be prone to errors. Interestingly, although this review does not focus on machine learning, there are only few studies that have adopted it as an alternative to statistical analysis in the assessment of muscle fatigue, torque, and force. The results confirm the need for further investigation on the use of sophisticated computations of features of MMG signals from electrically stimulated muscles in muscle function assessment and assistive technology such as prosthetics control.
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- Raphael Uwamahoro
- Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektronik & Kejuruteraan Komputer, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Tunggal, Malaysia
- Regional Centre of Excellence in Biomedical Engineering and E-Health, University of Rwanda, PO BOX 4285, Kigali, Rwanda
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- Fakulti Kejuruteraan Elektronik & Kejuruteraan Komputer, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Tunggal, Malaysia.
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- Pusat Bahasa & Pembangunan Insan, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Tunggal, Malaysia
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Hendrickx JFA, Van Zundert T, De Wolf AM. End of year summary 2019: anaesthesia and airway management. J Clin Monit Comput 2020; 34:1-5. [PMID: 31898149 DOI: 10.1007/s10877-019-00453-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2019] [Accepted: 12/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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This end of the year summary reviews anesthesia related manuscripts that have been published in the Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing in 2019. Anesthesia is currently defined as being composed of unconsciousness, immobility, and autonomic nervous system (ANS) control (Br J Anaesth;122:e127-e135135, Egan 2019). Pain is a postoperative issue, because by definition unconsciousness implies pain cannot be experienced. We first review work related to these aspect of the profession: unconsciousness (EEG, target control), immobility (muscle relaxants), and ANS control. Regaining consciousness has to be accompanied by pain control, and it is important to ensure that the patient regains baseline cognitive function. Anesthesia machine equipment, drug administration, and airway related topics make up the rest of published manuscripts.
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- Department of Anesthesiology/CCM, OLV Hospital, Aalst, Belgium
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
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Unterbuchner C, Werkmann M, Ziegleder R, Kraus S, Seyfried T, Graf B, Zeman F, Blobner M, Sinner B, Metterlein T. Shortening of the twitch stabilization period by tetanic stimulation in acceleromyography in infants, children and young adults (STSTS-Study): a prospective randomised, controlled trial. J Clin Monit Comput 2019; 34:1343-1349. [PMID: 31786715 DOI: 10.1007/s10877-019-00435-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 11/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Acceleromyography is characterised by an increase of the twitch response T1 (first twitch of the train-of-four [TOF]) during first 30 min of monitoring known as the staircase phenomenon. In adults the staircase phenomenon can be avoided by tetanic prestimulation. This study examined, if tetanic prestimulation eliminates the staircase phenomenon in children. After written informed consent, the neuromuscular function of 80 children, 10 in each age group (< 6 months, 6-12 months, 12-24 months, 2-3 years, 3-6 years, 6-12 years, 12-18 years, and ≥ 18 years) was measured on both arms simultaneously over 30 min under general anaesthesia. The ulnaris nerve was stimulated using the TOF technique every 15 s. The twitch response (T1, TOF ratio [TOFR]) was measured by acceleromyography. Before calibration, tetanic prestimmulation (50 Hz for 5 s) was administered to one randomly selected arm. The effect of tetanic prestimulation and age was analysed using general linear models based on the normalized T1 and TOFRs of both arms. Tetanic prestimulation significantly affected T1 values avoiding the staircase phenomenon (p < 0.0001). After 5.8 min [1.0-17.2 min] the normalized T1 values increased to 117% [102-147%] without prestimulation (p < 0.0001) independent of the age group (p = 0.539). The normalized TOFR was stable throughout the observation period of 30 min 100% [95-107%]. Infants (> 12 weeks), children, and young adults (< 18 years) develop similar characteristics of the staircase phenomenon than adults. Tetanic prestimulation prevents the staircase phenomenon in these age groups. The stability of the TOFR reading confirms its value to monitor neuromuscular function over time.Registration: The study was registered as NCT02552875 on Clinical Trials.gov on July 29, 2014.
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- Christoph Unterbuchner
- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Centre for Clinical Studies, University Medical Centre, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical School, Technical University of Munich, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Centre Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053, Regensburg, Germany
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