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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 38, 116-120, Copyright © 1991 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Diaphragmatic function during sevoflurane anaesthesia in dogs

T Ide, T Kochi, S Isono and T Mizuguchi
Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan.

The effect of increasing the concentration of sevoflurane anaesthesia on diaphragmatic function was investigated in six mechanically ventilated dogs. Diaphragmatic function was assessed by measuring the transdiaphragmatic pressure (Pdi) generated during bilateral supramaximal stimulation of the cervical phrenic nerves at frequencies of 0.5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 Hz under quasi-isometric conditions. Measurements were performed at 1, 1.5 and 2 MAC concentrations after maintaining stable conditions for one hour. The Pdi-stimulus frequency relationship was compared at each anaesthetic concentration. The sequence of changing anaesthetic depth was altered in random fashion among animals. The Pdi amplitude generated by single twitch (0.5 Hz) was unchanged at the three concentrations. In addition, no change in Pdi during 10, 20, 50 Hz stimulation was noted at any of the three levels of anaesthesia. By contrast, Pdi with 100 Hz stimulation during 2 MAC sevoflurane exposure (28.1 +/- 5.0 cmH2O) decreased below Pdi levels seen at 1 and 1.5 MAC (35.3 +/- 4.3 cmH2O and 31.5 +/- 4.3 cmH2O, respectively) (P less than 0.05). From these results, we conclude that sevoflurane impairs diaphragmatic function in deep anaesthesia.


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