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Observational studyJournal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA2020

Inhibitory concentration of propofol in combination with dexmedetomidine during microelectrode recording for deep brain stimulator insertion surgeries under general anesthesia.

Yu-Shan Lin, Kang-Du Liu, Chi Chang, Huai-Zhe Yang, Mei-Yung Tsou, Ya-Chun Chu

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Observational study in Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yu-Shan LinDepartment of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Kang-Du LiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Chi ChangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Huai-Zhe YangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Mei-Yung TsouDepartment of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
Ya-Chun ChuDepartment of Anesthesiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWTaipei Veterans General Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMicroelectrode recording (MER) for target refinement is widely used in deep brain stimulator insertion for Parkinson disease. Signals may be influenced by anesthetics when patients receive general anesthesia (GA). This study determined the inhibitory concentration (IC) of propofol on MER signals when it was coadministered with dexmedetomidine.

methodsPatients were anesthetized with dexmedetomidine (0.5 μg·kg loading, followed by infusion at 0.4 μg·kgh) and propofol through target-controlled infusion for GA with tracheal intubation. The surgeon conducted the online scoring of the background signals, spiking frequency, amplitude, and pattern of single-unit activities by using a 0-10 verbal numerical rating scale (NRS; 0, maximal suppression; 10, minimal suppression), and responses were grouped into suppression (NRS ≤ 6) and nonsuppression (NRS > 6). The median inhibitory concentration (IC50) of propofol (as target effect-site concentrations: Ceprop) was determined using modified Dixon's up-and-down method. Probit regression analysis was further used to obtain the dose-response relationship, and IC05 and IC95 were calculated.

resultsTwenty-three adult patients participated in this study. Under the concomitant infusion of dexmedetomidine, the predicted IC50 value (95% CI) of Ceprop for neuronal suppression during MER was 1.29 (1.24-1.34) μg·mL as calculated using modified Dixon's up-and-down method. Using probit analysis, the estimated IC05, IC50, and IC95 values (95% CIs) were 1.17 (0.87-1.23), 1.28 (1.21-1.34), and 1.40 (1.33-1.85) μg·mL, respectively.

conclusionOur data provided reference values of propofol for dosage adjustment to avoid interference on MER under GA when anesthetics have to be continuously infused during recording.

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Anesthesia, GeneralMicroelectrodesAgedDeep Brain StimulationDexmedetomidineFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPropofolProspective StudiesDexmedetomidinePropofol

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PMID31972830
PMCPMC13048114
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