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JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGICAL ANESTHESIOLOGY
Volume 16, Issue 1, Pages 6-10Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/00008506-200401000-00002
Keywords
hypothermia; jugular bulb; oxygen saturation; propofol sevoflurane
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Sevoflurane and propofol have been widely used as anesthetic agents for neurosurgery. Recent evidence has suggested that the influence of these anesthetics on cerebral oxygenation may differ. In the present study, the authors investigated jugular bulb oxygen saturation (SjO(2)) during propofol and sevoflurane/nitrous oxide anesthesia under mildly hypothermic conditions. After institutional approval and informed consent, 20 patients undergoing elective craniotomy were studied. Patients were randomly divided to the group S/N2O (sevoflurane/nitrous oxide/fentanyl anesthesia) or the group P (propofol/fentanyl anesthesia). After induction of anesthesia, the catheter was inserted retrograde into the jugular bulb and SjO(2) was analyzed. During the operation, patients were cooled and tympanic membrane temperature was maintained at 34.5degreesC. SjO(2) was measured at normocapnia during mild hypothermia and at hypocapnia during mild hypothermia. There were no statistically significant differences in demographic variables between the groups. During mild hypothermia, SjO(2) values were significantly lower in group P than in group S/N2O. The incidence of SjO(2) less than 50% under mild hypothermic-hypocapnic conditions was significantly higher in group P than in group S/N2O. These results suggest that hyperventilation should be more cautiously applied during mild hypothermia in patients anesthetized with propofol and fentanyl versus sevoflurane/nitrous oxide/fentanyl.
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