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- Title
Effect of flumazenil on recovery from anesthesia and the bispectral index after sevoflurane/fentanyl general anesthesia in unpremedicated patients.
- Authors
Yi Jeong Kim; Heeseung Lee; Chi Hyo Kim; Guie Yong Lee; Hee Jung Baik; Jong In Han
- Abstract
Background: Benzodiazepines have a hypnotic/sedative effect through the inhibitory action of γ-aminobutyric acid type A receptor. Flumazenil antagonizes these effects via competitive inhibition, so it has been used to reverse the effect of benzodiazepines. Recently, flumazenil has been reported to expedite recovery from propofol/remifentanil and sevoflurane/remifentanil anesthesia without benzodiazepines. Endogenous benzodiazepine ligands (endozepines) were isolated in several tissues of individuals who had not received benzodiazepines. Methods: Forty-five healthy unpremedicated patients were randomly allocated to either flumazenil or a control groups. Each patient received either a single dose of 0.3 mg of flumazenil (n = 24) or placebo (n = 21). After drug administration, various recovery parameters and bispectral index (BIS) values in the flumazenil and control groups were compared. Results: Mean time to spontaneous respiration, eye opening on verbal command, hand squeezing on verbal command, extubation and time to date of birth recollection were significantly shorter in the flumazenil group than in the control group (P = 0.004, 0.007, 0.005, 0.042, and 0.016, respectively). The BIS value was significantly higher in flumazenil group than in the control group beginning 6 min after flumazenil administration. Conclusions: Administration of a single dose of 0.3 mg of flumazenil to healthy, unpremedicated patients at the end of sevoflurane/fentanyl anesthesia without benzodiazepines resulted in earlier emergence from anesthesia and an increase in the BIS value. This may indicate that flumazenil could have an antagonistic effect on sevoflurane or an analeptic effect through endozepine-dependent mechanisms.
- Subjects
FLUMAZENIL; MEDICAL technology; SEVOFLURANE; GENERAL anesthesia; BENZODIAZEPINE antagonists; GABA receptors; ENDOZEPINES; CONTROL groups
- Publication
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2012, Vol 62, Issue 1, p19
- ISSN
2005-6419
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4097/kjae.2012.62.1.19