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COMPARATIVE STUDY
JOURNAL ARTICLE
RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Nociception-guided versus Standard Care during Remifentanil-Propofol Anesthesia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Anesthesiology 2019 May
BACKGROUND: The multidimensional index of nociception, the nociception level, outperforms blood pressure and heart rate in detection of nociceptive events during anesthesia. We hypothesized that nociception level-guided analgesia reduces opioid consumption and suboptimal anesthesia events such as low blood pressure and use of vasoactive medication.
METHODS: In this single-blinded randomized study, 80 American Society of Anesthesiologists class I-III adult patients of either sex, scheduled for major abdominal procedures under remifentanil/propofol anesthesia by target-controlled infusion, were included. During the procedure nociception level, noninvasive blood pressure, and heart rate were monitored. Patients were randomized to receive standard clinical care or nociception level-guided analgesia. In the nociception level-guided group, remifentanil concentration was reduced when index values were less than 10 or increased when values were above 25 for at least 1 min, in steps of 0.5 to 1.0 ng/ml. Propofol was titrated to bispectral index values between 45 and 55. The primary outcomes of the study were remifentanil and propofol consumption and inadequate anesthesia events.
RESULTS: Compared with standard care, remifentanil administration was reduced in nociception level-guided patients from (mean ± SD) 0.119 ± 0.033 to 0.086 ± 0.032 μg · kg · min (mean difference, 0.039 μg · kg · min; 95% CI, 0.025-0.052 μg · kg · min; P < 0.001). Among nociception level-guided patients, 2 of 40 (5%) experienced a hypotensive event (mean arterial pressure values less than 55 mm Hg) versus 11 of 40 (28%) patients in the control group (relative risk, 0.271; 95% CI, 0.08-0.77; P = 0.006). In the nociception level-guided group, 16 of 40 (40%) patients received vasoactive medication versus 25 of 40 (63%) patients in the standard care group (relative risk, 0.64; 95% CI, 0.40-0.99; P = 0.044).
CONCLUSIONS: Nociception level-guided analgesia during major abdominal surgery resulted in 30% less remifentanil consumption.
METHODS: In this single-blinded randomized study, 80 American Society of Anesthesiologists class I-III adult patients of either sex, scheduled for major abdominal procedures under remifentanil/propofol anesthesia by target-controlled infusion, were included. During the procedure nociception level, noninvasive blood pressure, and heart rate were monitored. Patients were randomized to receive standard clinical care or nociception level-guided analgesia. In the nociception level-guided group, remifentanil concentration was reduced when index values were less than 10 or increased when values were above 25 for at least 1 min, in steps of 0.5 to 1.0 ng/ml. Propofol was titrated to bispectral index values between 45 and 55. The primary outcomes of the study were remifentanil and propofol consumption and inadequate anesthesia events.
RESULTS: Compared with standard care, remifentanil administration was reduced in nociception level-guided patients from (mean ± SD) 0.119 ± 0.033 to 0.086 ± 0.032 μg · kg · min (mean difference, 0.039 μg · kg · min; 95% CI, 0.025-0.052 μg · kg · min; P < 0.001). Among nociception level-guided patients, 2 of 40 (5%) experienced a hypotensive event (mean arterial pressure values less than 55 mm Hg) versus 11 of 40 (28%) patients in the control group (relative risk, 0.271; 95% CI, 0.08-0.77; P = 0.006). In the nociception level-guided group, 16 of 40 (40%) patients received vasoactive medication versus 25 of 40 (63%) patients in the standard care group (relative risk, 0.64; 95% CI, 0.40-0.99; P = 0.044).
CONCLUSIONS: Nociception level-guided analgesia during major abdominal surgery resulted in 30% less remifentanil consumption.
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