Effect of propofol anesthesia on baroreflex activity in humans
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Effect of propofol anesthesia on baroreflex activity in humans
Abstract
Previous studies have shown that infusions of propofol, a new intravenous anesthetic, were associated with decreased arterial pressure and slow heart rates. To evaluate the role of baroreflex mechanisms in sustaining these conditions, the effects of two infusion rates of propofol (54 and 108 micrograms.kg-1.min-1) to supplement 66% nitrous oxide in oxygen anesthesia were studied in twelve ASA class I patients having a mean age of 34 years. Baroreflex control of heart rate was studied by perturbing the patients' arterial pressure with phenylephrine or sodium nitroprusside. Valsalva maneuvers were used to assess the response of the systemic arterial system. Steady state anesthesia at both infusion rates was not associated with decreased sensitivity of the baroreflex control of heart rate, but resetting of the reflex occurred to allow lower arterial pressures for a given heart rate than in the awake state. During propofol infusions at either rate, the diastolic pressure overshoot normally associated with the relief of raised airway pressure in the Valsalva maneuver was significantly reduced. It is concluded that propofol/nitrous oxide anesthesia is not associated with impairment of baroreflex sensitivity, but that central sympatholytic and/or vagotonic mechanisms enable low heart rates to be sustained despite decreased arterial pressures.
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