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Sabetian G, Zand F, Mirhadi F, Hadavi MR, Asadpour E, Dehghanpisheh L, Fattahi Saravi Z, Razavi SM. Adequacy of maternal anesthesia depth with two sodium thiopental doses in elective caesarean section: a randomized clinical trial. BMC Anesthesiol 2021; 21:201. [PMID: 34376153 PMCID: PMC8353765 DOI: 10.1186/s12871-021-01421-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2021] [Accepted: 07/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Administration of an optimal dose of anesthetic agent to ensure adequate depth of hypnosis with the lowest risk of adverse effects to the fetus is highly important in cesarean section. Sodium thiopental (STP) is still the first choice for induction of anesthesia in some countries for this obstetric surgery. We aimed to compare two doses of STP with regarding the depth of anesthesia and the condition of newborn infants. Methods In this clinical trial, parturient undergoing elective Caesarian section were randomized into two groups receiving either low-dose (5 mg/kg) or high-dose (7 mg/kg) STP. Muscle relaxation was provided with succinylcholine 2 mg/kg and anesthesia was maintained with O2/N2O and sevoflurane. The depth of anesthesia was evaluated using isolated forearm technique (IFT) and bispectral index (BIS) in various phases. Additionally, infants were assessed using Apgar score and neurobehavioral test. Results Forty parturient were evaluated in each group. BIS was significantly lower in high-dose group at skin incision to delivery and subcutaneous and skin closure. Also, significant differences were noticed in IFT over induction to incision and incision to delivery. Apgar score was significantly lower in high-dose group at 1 min after delivery. Newborn infants in low-dose group had significantly better outcomes in all three domains of the neurobehavioral test. Conclusion 7 mg/kg STP is superior to 5 mg/kg in creating deeper hypnosis for mothers. However, it negatively impacts Apgar score and neurobehavioral test of neonates. STP seems to has dropped behind as an acceptable anesthetic in Cesarean section. Trial registration IRCT No: 2016082819470 N45, 13/03/2019.
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- Golnar Sabetian
- Trauma Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Anesthesiology and Critical Care Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
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- Trauma Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Anesthesiology and Critical Care Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Anesthesiology and Critical Care Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Anesthesiology and Critical Care Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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Garbe J, Eisenmann S, Kantelhardt JW, Duenninghaus F, Michl P, Rosendahl J. Capability of processed EEG parameters to monitor conscious sedation in endoscopy is similar to general anaesthesia. United European Gastroenterol J 2021; 9:354-361. [PMID: 32921270 PMCID: PMC8259428 DOI: 10.1177/2050640620959153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Reliable and safe sedation is a prerequisite for endoscopic interventions. The current standard is rather safe, yet, an objective device to measure sedation depth is missing. To date, anaesthesia monitors based on processed electroencephalogram (EEG) have not been utilised in conscious sedation. Objective To investigate EEG parameters to differentiate consciousness in endoscopic propofol sedation. Methods In total, 171 patients aged 21–83 years (ASA I–III) undergoing gastrointestinal and bronchial endoscopy were enrolled. Standard monitoring and a frontotemporal two‐channel EEG were recorded. The state of consciousness was identified by repeated requests to squeeze the investigator's hand. Results In total, 1132 state‐of‐consciousness (SOC) transitions were recorded in procedures ranging from 5 to 69 min. Thirty‐four EEG parameters from the frequency domain, time‐frequency domain and complexity measures were calculated. Area under the curve ranged from 0.51 to 0.82 with complexity and optimised frequency domain parameters yielding the best results. Conclusion Prediction of the SOC with processed EEG parameters is feasible, and the results for sedation in endoscopic procedures are similar to those reported from general anaesthesia. These results are insufficient for a clinical application, but prediction capability may be increased with optimisation and modelling. Electroencephalogram (EEG)‐based anaesthesia monitors, like the Bispectral Index, have been investigated as an adjunct to monitor propofol sedation in the endoscopy ward. These studies showed very limited benefit. Capability of processed EEG parameters to differentiate the state of consciousness (SOC) in endoscopy is similar to general anaesthesia. However, artefacts arising from the less controlled endoscopy environment as compared to anaesthesia limit their use in sedation monitoring. The Bispectral Index and its underlying parameters are ineffective in the determination of the SOC in sedation during endoscopic procedures.
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- Jakob Garbe
- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Halle, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Halle, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Institute of Physics, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Halle, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Halle, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital Halle, Halle (Saale), Germany
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Awareness with Recall After Neuromuscular Blockade—Lessons on Anesthetic Awareness from the UK and Ireland National Audit Project 5 (NAP5). CURRENT ANESTHESIOLOGY REPORTS 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s40140-020-00426-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Romagnoli S, Franchi F, Ricci Z. Processed EEG monitoring for anesthesia and intensive care practice. Minerva Anestesiol 2019; 85:1219-1230. [PMID: 31630505 DOI: 10.23736/s0375-9393.19.13478-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Individual response to sedatives and hypnotics is characterized by high variability and the identification of a personalized dose during anesthesia in the operating room and during sedation in the intensive care unit may have beneficial effects. Although the brain is the main target of general intravenous and inhaled anesthetic agents, electroencephalography (EEG) is not routinely utilized to explore cerebral response to sedation and anesthesia probably because EEG trace reading is complex and requires encephalographers' skills. Automated processing algorithms (processed EEG, pEEG) of raw EEG traces provide easy-to-use indices that can be utilized to optimize anesthetic management. A large number of high-quality studies and the recommendations of international scientific societies have confirmed the deleterious consequences of inadequate or excessively deep anesthesia (and sedation) level. In this context, anesthesia in the operating rooms and moderate/deep sedation in intensive care units driven by pEEG monitors could become a standard practice in the near future. The aim of the present review was to provide an overview of current knowledge and debate on available technologies for pEEG monitoring and their role in clinical practice for anesthesia and sedation.
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- Stefano Romagnoli
- Section of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Health Science, University of Florence, Florence, Italy - .,Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy -
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Unit of Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care, Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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Sinmyee S, Pandit VJ, Pascual JM, Dahan A, Heidegger T, Kreienbühl G, Lubarsky DA, Pandit JJ. Legal and ethical implications of defining an optimum means of achieving unconsciousness in assisted dying. Anaesthesia 2019; 74:630-637. [PMID: 30786320 DOI: 10.1111/anae.14532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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A decision by a society to sanction assisted dying in any form should logically go hand-in-hand with defining the acceptable method(s). Assisted dying is legal in several countries and we have reviewed the methods commonly used, contrasting these with an analysis of capital punishment in the USA. We expected that, since a common humane aim is to achieve unconsciousness at the point of death, which then occurs rapidly without pain or distress, there might be a single technique being used. However, the considerable heterogeneity in methods suggests that an optimum method of achieving unconsciousness remains undefined. In voluntary assisted dying (in some US states and European countries), the common method to induce unconsciousness appears to be self-administered barbiturate ingestion, with death resulting slowly from asphyxia due to cardiorespiratory depression. Physician-administered injections (a combination of general anaesthetic and neuromuscular blockade) are an option in Dutch guidelines. Hypoxic methods involving helium rebreathing have also been reported. The method of capital punishment (USA) resembles the Dutch injection technique, but specific drugs, doses and monitoring employed vary. However, for all these forms of assisted dying, there appears to be a relatively high incidence of vomiting (up to 10%), prolongation of death (up to 7 days), and re-awakening from coma (up to 4%), constituting failure of unconsciousness. This raises a concern that some deaths may be inhumane, and we have used lessons from the most recent studies of accidental awareness during anaesthesia to describe an optimal means that could better achieve unconsciousness. We found that the very act of defining an 'optimum' itself has important implications for ethics and the law.
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- S Sinmyee
- Department of Anaesthesia, Northwick Park Hospital, London North West Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
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- University of Kent, UK.,l'Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
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- Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Resuscitation Spitalregion Rheintal Werdenberg Sarganserland, Grabs, Switzerland.,University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Kantonsspital St. Gallen and Former Head of Research Ethics Committee, Kanton St Gallen, Switzerland
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- Human Health Sciences and Chief Executive Officer, University of California, UC Davis Health, USA
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- Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
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Nimmo AF, Absalom AR, Bagshaw O, Biswas A, Cook TM, Costello A, Grimes S, Mulvey D, Shinde S, Whitehouse T, Wiles MD. Guidelines for the safe practice of total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA). Anaesthesia 2018; 74:211-224. [DOI: 10.1111/anae.14428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- A. F. Nimmo
- Department of Anaesthesia; Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh; Edinburgh UK; Society for Intravenous Anaesthesia (Co-Chair of the Working party)
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- Department of Anesthesiology; University Medical Center Groningen; University of Groningen; Groningen The Netherlands: Society for Intravenous Anaesthesia
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- Department of Anaesthesia; Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham UK; Association of Paediatric Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
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- Adult/Obstetric Anesthesiology; Sidra Medicine; Qatar Foundation; Doha Qatar; Society for Intravenous Anaesthesia
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine; Royal United Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Bath UK; Royal College of Anaesthetists
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- Department of Anaesthesia; Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; UK; Association of
Anaesthetists Trainee Committee
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- Department of Anaesthesia; Mid Western Regional Hospital; Limerick Ireland; College of
Anaesthesiologists of Ireland
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- Department of Anaesthesia; Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Derby UK; Society for Intravenous Anaesthesia
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- Department of Anaesthesia; North Bristol NHS Trust; Bristol UK; Association of Anaesthetists (Co-Chair of the Working Party)
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham UK; Intensive Care Society
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- Department of Anaesthesia; Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield UK; Editor, Anaesthesia
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Hajat Z, Ahmad N, Andrzejowski J. The role and limitations of EEG-based depth of anaesthesia monitoring in theatres and intensive care. Anaesthesia 2017; 72 Suppl 1:38-47. [DOI: 10.1111/anae.13739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Z. Hajat
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Sheffield UK
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- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Sheffield UK
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Russell I, Sanders R. Monitoring consciousness under anaesthesia: the 21st century isolated forearm technique. Br J Anaesth 2016; 116:738-40. [DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Hamp T, Mairweck M, Schiefer J, Krammel M, Pablik E, Wolzt M, Plöchl W. Feasibility of a 'reversed' isolated forearm technique by regional antagonization of rocuronium-induced neuromuscular block: a pilot study. Br J Anaesth 2016; 116:797-803. [PMID: 26934944 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aew018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The isolated forearm technique is used to monitor intraoperative awareness. However, this technique cannot be applied to patients who must be kept deeply paralysed for >1h, because the tourniquet preventing the neuromuscular blocking agent from paralysing the forearm must be deflated from time to time. To overcome this problem, we tested the feasibility of a 'reversed' isolated forearm technique. METHODS Patients received rocuronium 0.6 mg kg(-1) i.v. to achieve muscle paralysis. A tourniquet was then inflated around one upper arm to prevent further blood supply to the forearm. Sugammadex was injected into a vein of this isolated forearm to antagonize muscle paralysis regionally. A dose titration of sugammadex to antagonize muscle paralysis in the isolated forearm was performed in 10 patients, and the effects of the selected dose were observed in 10 additional patients. RESULTS The sugammadex dose required to antagonize muscle paralysis in the isolated forearm was 0.03 mg kg(-1) in 30 ml of 0.9% saline. Muscle paralysis was antagonized in the isolated forearm within 3.2 min in nine of 10 patients; the rest of the patients' bodies remained paralysed. Releasing the tourniquet 15 min later did not affect the train-of-four count in the isolated forearm but significantly increased the train-of-four count in the other arm by 7%. CONCLUSIONS Regional antagonization of rocuronium-induced muscle paralysis using a sugammadex dose of 0.03 mg kg(-1) injected into an isolated forearm was feasible and did not have relevant systemic effects. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION The trial was registered at EudraCT (ref. no. 2013-002164-53) before patient enrolment began.
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- T Hamp
- Department of General Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
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- Department of General Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
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- Department of General Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
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- Department of General Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
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- Centre for Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Intelligent Systems, Section for Medical Statistics
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of General Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine
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Checketts MR, Alladi R, Ferguson K, Gemmell L, Handy JM, Klein AA, Love NJ, Misra U, Morris C, Nathanson MH, Rodney GE, Verma R, Pandit JJ. Recommendations for standards of monitoring during anaesthesia and recovery 2015: Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland. Anaesthesia 2016; 71:85-93. [PMID: 26582586 PMCID: PMC5063182 DOI: 10.1111/anae.13316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 309] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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This guideline updates and replaces the 4th edition of the AAGBI Standards of Monitoring published in 2007. The aim of this document is to provide guidance on the minimum standards for physiological monitoring of any patient undergoing anaesthesia or sedation under the care of an anaesthetist. The recommendations are primarily aimed at anaesthetists practising in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Minimum standards for monitoring patients during anaesthesia and in the recovery phase are included. There is also guidance on monitoring patients undergoing sedation and also during transfer of anaesthetised or sedated patients. There are new sections discussing the role of monitoring depth of anaesthesia, neuromuscular blockade and cardiac output. The indications for end-tidal carbon dioxide monitoring have been updated.
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Tameside Hospital, Ashton-under-Lyne, UK
- Royal College of Anaesthetists
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- Department of Anaesthesia, North Wales Trust, North Wales, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- AAGBI
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, North Devon District Hospital, Barnstaple, Devon, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Sunderland Royal Hospital, Sunderland, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal Derby Hospital, Derby, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Derby Teaching Hospitals, Derby, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford, UK
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Pandit JJ. An observational study of the 'isolated forearm technique' in unparalysed, spontaneously breathing patients. Anaesthesia 2015; 70:1369-74. [PMID: 26443293 DOI: 10.1111/anae.13242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The isolated forearm technique enables a patient, otherwise paralysed by neuromuscular blockade, to communicate by movement if wakeful during surgery. The positive response rate to verbal command is high (~32%). The 5th National Audit Project recommended that this monitoring technique should become more widely taught and considered, so this study was designed to assess its utility as a standard of care in unparalysed patients. A positive response rate as high as in the paralysed would justify local adoption. Therefore, 100 consecutive patients undergoing urology surgery were given verbal commands to move at two-minute intervals from induction of anaesthesia (fentanyl and propofol) to full emergence and extubation of the supraglottic airway. Anaesthesia was maintained with isoflurane in oxygen/nitrous oxide. Although 24 patients moved during surgery (and therefore needed additional anaesthetic), none moved to verbal command. Even at extubation, when patients moved to expel the airway, there was no response to command until after wakening. These results suggest that in contrast to its use in paralysed patients, the isolated forearm technique does not yield useful information about the patient's state of wakefulness in the unparalysed. Another interpretation is that unparalysed patients are less prone to wakefulness than the paralysed.
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- J J Pandit
- Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
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The 9th International Symposium on Memory and Awareness in Anesthesia (MAA9). Br J Anaesth 2015. [DOI: 10.1093/bja/aev204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Pandit J, Russell I, Wang M. Interpretations of responses using the isolated forearm technique in general anaesthesia: a debate. Br J Anaesth 2015; 115 Suppl 1:i32-i45. [DOI: 10.1093/bja/aev106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Andrzejowski JC, Wiles MD. Was NAP5 ‘NICE’ enough; where next for depth of anaesthesia monitors? Anaesthesia 2015; 70:514-8. [DOI: 10.1111/anae.13045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Sheffield UK
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Absalom AR, Green D. NAP5: the tip of the iceberg, or all we need to know? Br J Anaesth 2014; 113:527-30. [PMID: 25236893 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu349] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- A R Absalom
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, PO Box 30 001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Kings College Hospital London, UK
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Pandit JJ, Andrade J, Bogod DG, Hitchman JM, Jonker WR, Lucas N, Mackay JH, Nimmo AF, O'Connor K, O'Sullivan EP, Paul RG, Palmer JHM, Plaat F, Radcliffe JJ, Sury MRJ, Torevell HE, Wang M, Hainsworth J, Cook TM. The 5th National Audit Project (NAP5) on accidental awareness during general anaesthesia: summary of main findings and risk factors. Anaesthesia 2014; 69:1089-101. [PMID: 25204236 DOI: 10.1111/anae.12826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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We present the main findings of the 5th National Audit Project on accidental awareness during general anaesthesia. Incidences were estimated using reports of accidental awareness as the numerator, and a parallel national anaesthetic activity survey to provide denominator data. The incidence of certain/probable and possible accidental awareness cases was ~1:19 600 anaesthetics (95% CI 1:16 700-23 450). However, there was considerable variation across subtypes of techniques or subspecialties. The incidence with neuromuscular blockade was ~1:8200 (1:7030-9700), and without it was ~1:135 900 (1:78 600-299 000). The cases of accidental awareness during general anaesthesia reported to 5th National Audit Project were overwhelmingly cases of unintended awareness during neuromuscular blockade. The incidence of accidental awareness during caesarean section was ~1:670 (1:380-1300). Two thirds (82, 66%) of cases of accidental awareness experiences arose in the dynamic phases of anaesthesia, namely induction of and emergence from anaesthesia. During induction of anaesthesia, contributory factors included: use of thiopental; rapid sequence induction; obesity; difficult airway management; neuromuscular blockade; and interruptions of anaesthetic delivery during movement from anaesthetic room to theatre. During emergence from anaesthesia, residual paralysis was perceived by patients as accidental awareness, and commonly related to a failure to ensure full return of motor capacity. One third (43, 33%) of accidental awareness events arose during the maintenance phase of anaesthesia, most due to problems at induction or towards the end of anaesthesia. Factors increasing the risk of accidental awareness included: female sex; age (younger adults, but not children); obesity; anaesthetist seniority (junior trainees); previous awareness; out-of-hours operating; emergencies; type of surgery (obstetric, cardiac, thoracic); and use of neuromuscular blockade. The following factors were not risk factors for accidental awareness: ASA physical status; race; and use or omission of nitrous oxide. We recommend that an anaesthetic checklist, to be an integral part of the World Health Organization Safer Surgery checklist, is introduced as an aid to preventing accidental awareness. This paper is a shortened version describing the main findings from 5th National Audit Project - the full report can be found at http://www.nationalauditprojects.org.uk/NAP5_home#pt.
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- J J Pandit
- Nuffield Department of Anaesthesia, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
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Pandit JJ, Andrade J, Bogod DG, Hitchman JM, Jonker WR, Lucas N, Mackay JH, Nimmo AF, O'Connor K, O'Sullivan EP, Paul RG, Palmer JHMG, Plaat F, Radcliffe JJ, Sury MRJ, Torevell HE, Wang M, Hainsworth J, Cook TM. 5th National Audit Project (NAP5) on accidental awareness during general anaesthesia: summary of main findings and risk factors. Br J Anaesth 2014; 113:549-59. [PMID: 25204697 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 259] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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We present the main findings of the 5th National Audit Project (NAP5) on accidental awareness during general anaesthesia (AAGA). Incidences were estimated using reports of accidental awareness as the numerator, and a parallel national anaesthetic activity survey to provide denominator data. The incidence of certain/probable and possible accidental awareness cases was ~1:19,600 anaesthetics (95% confidence interval 1:16,700-23,450). However, there was considerable variation across subtypes of techniques or subspecialities. The incidence with neuromuscular block (NMB) was ~1:8200 (1:7030-9700), and without, it was ~1:135,900 (1:78,600-299,000). The cases of AAGA reported to NAP5 were overwhelmingly cases of unintended awareness during NMB. The incidence of accidental awareness during Caesarean section was ~1:670 (1:380-1300). Two-thirds (82, 66%) of cases of accidental awareness experiences arose in the dynamic phases of anaesthesia, namely induction of and emergence from anaesthesia. During induction of anaesthesia, contributory factors included: use of thiopental, rapid sequence induction, obesity, difficult airway management, NMB, and interruptions of anaesthetic delivery during movement from anaesthetic room to theatre. During emergence from anaesthesia, residual paralysis was perceived by patients as accidental awareness, and commonly related to a failure to ensure full return of motor capacity. One-third (43, 33%) of accidental awareness events arose during the maintenance phase of anaesthesia, mostly due to problems at induction or towards the end of anaesthesia. Factors increasing the risk of accidental awareness included: female sex, age (younger adults, but not children), obesity, anaesthetist seniority (junior trainees), previous awareness, out-of-hours operating, emergencies, type of surgery (obstetric, cardiac, thoracic), and use of NMB. The following factors were not risk factors for accidental awareness: ASA physical status, race, and use or omission of nitrous oxide. We recommend that an anaesthetic checklist, to be an integral part of the World Health Organization Safer Surgery checklist, is introduced as an aid to preventing accidental awareness. This paper is a shortened version describing the main findings from NAP5--the full report can be found at http://www.nationalauditprojects.org.uk/NAP5_home.
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- J J Pandit
- Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Psychology, School of Psychology and Cognition Institute, Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
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- Member Royal College of Anaesthetists' Lay Committee, London, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Sligo Regional Hospital, Sligo, Ireland
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Bristol School of Anaesthesia, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia, St James Hospital, James Street, Dublin, Ireland
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- Adult Intensive Care Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Salford Royal Hospital, Salford, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Neuroanaesthesia, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK
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- University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK
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Pandit JJ. Acceptably aware during general anaesthesia: 'dysanaesthesia'--the uncoupling of perception from sensory inputs. Conscious Cogn 2014; 27:194-212. [PMID: 24927512 DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2014.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2013] [Revised: 01/24/2014] [Accepted: 05/16/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
This review makes the case for 'dysanaesthesia', a term encompassing states of mind that can arise in the course of anaesthesia during surgery, characterised by an uncoupling of sensation and perceptual experience. This is reflected in a macroscopic, functional model of anaesthetically-relevant consciousness. Patients in this state can be aware of events but in a neutral way, not in pain, sometimes personally dissociated from the experiences. This makes events associated with surgery peripheral to their whole experience, such that recall is less likely and if it exists, makes any spontaneous report of awareness unlikely. This state of perception-sensation uncoupling is therefore broadly acceptable (a minimum requirement for acceptable anaesthesia) but since it is likely a dose-related phenomenon, may also represent a precursor for awareness with adverse recall. This hypothesis uniquely explains the often inconsistent responses seen during the experimental paradigm of the 'isolated forearm technique', wherein apparently anaesthetised patients exhibit a positive motor response to verbal command, but no spontaneous movement to surgery. The hypothesis can also explain the relatively high incidence of positive response to relatively direct questions for recall (e.g., using the Brice questionnaire; ∼1:500; the vast majority of these being neutral reports) versus the very low incidence of spontaneous reports of awareness (∼1:15,000; a higher proportion of these being adverse recollections). The hypothesis is consistent with relevant notions from philosophical discussions of consciousness, and neuroscientific evidence. Dysanaesthesia has important implications for research and also for the development of appropriate monitoring.
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- Jaideep J Pandit
- Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, Oxford University Hospitals, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom.
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- University of Leicester; Leicester UK
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Pandit JJ. Isolated forearm - or isolated brain? Interpreting responses during anaesthesia - or 'dysanaesthesia'. Anaesthesia 2013; 68:995-1000. [PMID: 24047288 DOI: 10.1111/anae.12361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- J J Pandit
- Nuffield Department of Anaesthetics, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
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Russell IF. The ability of bispectral index to detect intra-operative wakefulness during isoflurane/air anaesthesia, compared with the isolated forearm technique. Anaesthesia 2013; 68:1010-20. [DOI: 10.1111/anae.12357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/06/2013] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- I. F. Russell
- Department of Anaesthesia; Hull Royal Infirmary; Hull; UK
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Smith D, Andrzejowski J, Smith A. Certainty and uncertainty: NICE guidance on 'depth of anaesthesia' monitoring. Anaesthesia 2013; 68:1000-5. [PMID: 23924038 DOI: 10.1111/anae.12385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- D Smith
- Department of Anaesthesia, Southampton, General Hospital, Southampton, UK.
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Sleigh J. The place of the isolated forearm technique in modern anaesthesia: yet to be defined. Anaesthesia 2013; 68:681-3. [DOI: 10.1111/anae.12266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- J. Sleigh
- Waikato Clinical School; University of Auckland; Hamilton; New Zealand
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