Midlatency auditory evoked potentials during anaesthesia with increasing endexpiratory concentrations of desflurane
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
- Vol. 40 (2) , 171-176
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-6576.1996.tb04416.x
Abstract
Under general anaesthesia with the volatile anaesthetics halothane, enflurane and isoflurane, midlatency auditory evoked potentials (MLAEP) are suppressed dose-dependently. Therefore, MLAEP have been used to measure depth of anaesthesia and to indicate intraoperative awareness. Desflurane is a new volatile anaesthetic and its effect on MLAEP have not been studied previously. We have studied MLAEP during general anaesthesia with increasing endexpiratory concentrations of desflurane in 12 patients scheduled for elective gynaecological surgery. Auditory evoked potentials were recorded in the awake state and during anaesthesia with endexpiratory steady state concentrations of 1.5, 3.0, 4.5 and 6.0 vol % of desflurane on vertex (positive) and mastoids on both sides (negative). Latencies of the peaks V, Na, Pa, Nb, Pl (ms) and amplitudes Na/Pa, Pa/Nb and Nb/Pl (micro V) were measured. In the awake state, MLAEP had high peak-to-peak amplitudes and a periodic waveform. During general anaesthesia with increasing endexpiratory concentration of desflurane, the latency of the brainstem response V increased only slightly. In contrast, MLAEP showed a marked dose-dependent and statistically significant increase in latencies of Na, Pa, Nb and Pl and decrease in amplitudes of Na/Pa, Pa/Nb and Nb/Pl. Under 6.0 vol % of desflurane MLAEP were severely attenuated or even abolished. Based on these observations, endexpiratory concentrations of > or = 4.5 vol % desflurane should suppress awareness phenomena such as auditory perceptions during anaesthesia.Keywords
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