Effect of propofol on heart rate, arterial pressure and digital plethysmograph variability
We have investigated the effects of propofol on beat-to-beat fluctuations in heart rate, arterial pressure (continuous arterial tonometry) and infrared finger plethysmography in 10 healthy male patients undergoing elective surgery. Administration of Diprivan (propofol 10mg ml−1) 0.2 ml kg−1 followed...
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Published in | British Journal of Anaesthesia Vol. 73; no. 2; pp. 167 - 173 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article Conference Proceeding |
Language | English |
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Oxford
Elsevier Ltd
01.08.1994
Oxford University Press |
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Summary: | We have investigated the effects of propofol on beat-to-beat fluctuations in heart rate, arterial pressure (continuous arterial tonometry) and infrared finger plethysmography in 10 healthy male patients undergoing elective surgery. Administration of Diprivan (propofol 10mg ml−1) 0.2 ml kg−1 followed by an infusion of 1 ml/kg−1 h−1 was associated with transient tachycardia and a reduction in arterial pressure that preceded an increase in plethysmograph amplitude. The temporal sequence of these cardiovascular changes suggests that the initial tachycardia was not a reflex response to hypotension and that cutaneous changes in adrenergic tone were not responsible for the decrease in arterial pressure. The observation that the hypotensive action of propofol preceded the increase in plethysmographic amplitude suggests that multiple mechanisms were implicated in the hypotensive action of propofol and the relative importance of these mechanisms may vary according to the time of measurement. Compared with preanaesthetic control values, spectral analysis of heart rate variability, arterial pressure and plethysmograph variability showed reduction in variability and total spectral power. Spectral power in low (<0.08 Hz) and mid (0.08–0.15Hz) frequency bands decreased for each variable, while high (>0.15 Hz) frequency “ventilatory” power decreased for heart rate and possibly diastolic pressure and increased for systolic pressure and plethysmograph variability. The complex pattern of change in cardiovascular variability was possibly caused by: (a) initial, transient vagolysis, (b) initial hypotension caused either by intrathoracic pooling of blood, direct myocardial depression or vasodilatation in non-cutaneous beds, (c) peripheral alpha-adrenergic sympatholysis, (d) resetting of the baroreflex mechanism, (e) decreased ventilatory amplitude and (f) increase in venous capacitance that augmented ventilation-induced fluctuations in arterial pressure. |
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Bibliography: | Correspondence to D.C.G. istex:9688E94E018142480FE7D481C9E88BF1070E1312 ArticleID:73.2.167 ark:/67375/HXZ-GH7M1B5J-H ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0007-0912 1471-6771 |
DOI: | 10.1093/bja/73.2.167 |