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Shortal BP, Hickman LB, Mak-McCully RA, Wang W, Brennan C, Ung H, Litt B, Tarnal V, Janke E, Picton P, Blain-Moraes S, Maybrier HR, Muench MR, Lin N, Avidan MS, Mashour GA, McKinstry-Wu AR, Kelz MB, Palanca BJ, Proekt A. Duration of EEG suppression does not predict recovery time or degree of cognitive impairment after general anaesthesia in human volunteers. Br J Anaesth 2019; 123:206-218. [PMID: 31202561 DOI: 10.1016/j.bja.2019.03.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2018] [Revised: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 03/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Burst suppression occurs in the EEG during coma and under general anaesthesia. It has been assumed that burst suppression represents a deeper state of anaesthesia from which it is more difficult to recover. This has not been directly demonstrated, however. Here, we test this hypothesis directly by assessing relationships between EEG suppression in human volunteers and recovery of consciousness. METHODS We recorded the EEG of 27 healthy humans (nine women/18 men) anaesthetised with isoflurane 1.3 minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) for 3 h. Periods of EEG suppression and non-suppression were separated using principal component analysis of the spectrogram. After emergence, participants completed the digit symbol substitution test and the psychomotor vigilance test. RESULTS Volunteers demonstrated marked variability in multiple features of the suppressed EEG. In order to test the hypothesis that, for an individual subject, inclusion of features of suppression would improve accuracy of a model built to predict time of emergence, two types of models were constructed: one with a suppression-related feature included and one without. Contrary to our hypothesis, Akaike information criterion demonstrated that the addition of a suppression-related feature did not improve the ability of the model to predict time to emergence. Furthermore, the amounts of EEG suppression and decrements in cognitive task performance relative to pre-anaesthesia baseline were not significantly correlated. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that, in contrast to current assumptions, EEG suppression in and of itself is not an important determinant of recovery time or the degree of cognitive impairment upon emergence from anaesthesia in healthy adults.
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Affiliation(s)
- B P Shortal
- Neuroscience Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
| | - R A Mak-McCully
- Center for Sleep and Circadian Neurobiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Mathematics, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Neuroscience Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - H Ung
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - B Litt
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - V Tarnal
- Center for Consciousness Science, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
| | - E Janke
- Center for Consciousness Science, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
| | - P Picton
- Center for Consciousness Science, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
| | - S Blain-Moraes
- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada
| | - H R Maybrier
- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
| | - M R Muench
- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
| | - N Lin
- Department of Mathematics, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
| | - M S Avidan
- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
| | - G A Mashour
- Center for Consciousness Science, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
| | - A R McKinstry-Wu
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - M B Kelz
- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
| | - B J Palanca
- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA
| | - A Proekt
- School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada; Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania, USA; Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA; Center for Consciousness Science, Department of Anesthesiology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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