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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 39, 987-991, Copyright © 1992 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Arterial baroreflex attenuation during and after continuous propofol infusion

Y Kamijo, H Goto, K Nakazawa, KT Benson and K Arakawa
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160-7415.

The reduction of arterial blood pressure produced by propofol may be, in part, attributable to impaired baroreflex integrity. The purpose of this study was to investigate arterial baroreflex sensitivity during and after continuous propofol infusion. In urethane anaesthetized rabbits, left renal sympathetic nerves were exposed and placed on a bipolar silver electrode to record renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA). Mean arterial pressure (MAP) via a femoral artery and heart rate (HR) by electrocardiogram were continuously recorded. The rabbits were divided into two groups of eight each: Group 1, propofol 5 mg.kg-1 bolus followed by infusion 0.5 mg.kg-1 x min-1; Group 2, propofol 2 mg.kg-1 bolus followed by 0.2 mg.kg-1 x min-1. Phenylephrine pressor and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) depressor tests were carried out before propofol was started (control), at 15 and 30 min during 30 min infusion, and at 15, 30 and 60 min after its discontinuation. The change of RSNA was plotted with respect to every 5 mmHg increment and decrement of MAP to construct sympathetic baroreflex sigmoid curves, and to evaluate baroreflex sensitivity. The baroreflex sensitivity was also evaluated by calculating the ratio of maximum increase of RSNA or HR to SNP-induced maximum decrease of MAP (delta RSNA/delta MAP, delta HR/delta MAP). Despite the same decreases or increases in MAP, RSNA was attenuated after 15 and 30 min of propofol infusion in both groups compared with control (P < 0.05). Decreased delta RSNA/delta MAP gradually returned to the control level 60 min after discontinuation of propofol in Group 1.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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