Intravenous nitrogly-cerin administration during infrarenal aortic clamping
- 1 January 1984
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
- Vol. 31 (1) , 44-50
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03011482
Abstract
Twenty-five patients requiring infrarenal abdominal aortic clamping were studied during halothane, nitrous oxide anaesthesia. Aortic clamping caused reductions in cardiac index (CI), stroke volume index (SVI) and left ventricular stroke work index (LVSWI). Systemic vascular resistance (SVR) increased. In seven patients CI was less than 1.8 l·min-1m-2. Intravenous administration of nitroglycerin, 1μg·kg-1min-1, for 20 minutes, accompanied by volume loading to maintain pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, resulted in a significant improvement in haemodynamic parameters. CI increased 24 per cent as a result of a 14 per cent increase in SVI and an eight per cent increase in heart rate, LVSWI increased 13 per cent and SVR decreased 21 per cent. The plasma nitroglycerin concentration at the time of these measurements was 2.9 ± 1.0ng·ml-1, Aortic unclamping resulted in a mean maximum decrease of 14 ± 2 torr mean arterial pressure. Epinephrine, norepinephrine and plasma renin activity gradually increased during the period of the anaesthetic. Vingt-cinq patients à qui on devait imposer un clampage de l’aorte abdominale sous les artères rénales au cours de chirurgie, ont été étudiés pendant une anesthésie à l’halothane et au protoxyde d’azote. Le clampage aor-tique a causé des réductions de l’ index cardiaque (CI), de l’index du volume d’éjection (SVI) et de l’index du travail d’éjection du ventricule gauche (LVSWI). La résistance vasculaire systémique (SVR) a augmenté. Chez sept patients, le Cl était moins que 1.8 lilresiminim2. L’administration intraveineuse de nitroglycérine 1 μg· min-1·kg-1 pendant 20 minutes associée à un remplissage vasculaire pour maintenir la pression capillaire pulmonaire bloquée a amélioré de façon significative le profil hémodynamique. Le Cl a augmenté de 24 pour cent à cause d’une augmentation de 14 pour cent du SVI et de huit pour cent de la fréquence cardiaque. Le LVSWI a augmenté de 13 pour cent et la SVR a diminué de 21 pour cent. La concentration de nitroglycérine plasmatique au moment des mesures était de 2.9 ± 1 ng·ml-1. La levée de l’obstruction aortique a entraîné une diminution maximale moyenne de 14 ± 2 ml de mercure de la pression artérielle. L’épinéphrine, la norépinéphrine et l’activité de la rénine plasmatique ont graduellement augmenté pendant l’anesthésie.Keywords
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