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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 41, 435-439, Copyright © 1994 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Nicardipine enhances diaphragmatic fatigue

Y Fujii, H Toyooka and K Amaha
Department of Anaesthesiology, Toride Kyodo General Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan.

The effects of nicardipine, a calcium channel blocker, on diaphragmatic fatigue were studied in 20 anaesthetized, mechanically ventilated dogs divided into two groups: control group (Group C, n = 10) and nicardipine group (Group N, n = 10). Diaphragmatic fatigue was induced by intermittent supramaximal electric stimulation to bilateral phrenic nerves at a frequency of 20 Hz for 30 min. In Group N, 5 micrograms.kg-1.min-1 nicardipine iv was infused continuously during this fatigue-producing period. Transdiaphragmatic pressure (Pdi) produced by electrical stimulation (10-100 Hz) of the phrenic nerves was used as an index of diaphragmatic contractility. After a fatigue-producing period, the Pdi in both groups decreased at low frequency (10-30 Hz) stimulation compared with pre-fatigue values (P < 0.05), whereas no change in Pdi was observed at high-frequency (50-100 Hz) stimulation. The decrease of Pdi at low-frequency stimulation was larger in Group N (P < 0.05). The integrated diaphragmatic electric activity (Edi) in both groups did not change at any frequency of stimulation throughout the experiment. We conclude that nicardipine enhances diaphragmatic fatigue.


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