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The impact of isoflurane, desflurane, or sevoflurane on the frequency and severity of postoperative nausea and vomiting after lumbar disc surgery.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17531725     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis that anesthesia with the low-soluble inhalation anesthetics, sevoflurane, and desflurane, may result in a lower frequency and severity of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) than anesthesia with isoflurane. DESIGN: Prospective, observational study. SETTING: Postoperative care unit and neurosurgical ward at a university hospital. PATIENTS: 625 ASA physical status I, II, and III patients undergoing elective lumbar disc surgery with general anesthesia were included in this study. INTERVENTIONS: Patients were enrolled sequentially to receive either 0.7%-1.2% isoflurane (year 2002), 3.5%-5.5% desflurane (year 2003), or 1.2%-1.9% sevoflurane (year 2004) for maintenance of anesthesia without nitrous oxide. Study personnel, general anesthesia management, and surgical technique remained unchanged over the three-year study period. MEASUREMENTS: Occurrence of PONV within 24 hours of the end of surgery was recorded. Secondary outcome measures were occurrence of multiple PONV episodes, maximum severity, time to the first PONV event, need for rescue medication, difference between the occurrence of PONV (indicator variable) and the expected risk of PONV (based on the Apfel score). MAIN RESULTS: Type of inhalation anesthetic had no influence on PONV frequency (9.3%, 11.2%, and 10.8% after isoflurane, desflurane, and sevoflurane, respectively; P = 0.8) or its severity (numerical rating scale, 4.5 +/- 2.0, 4.4 +/- 2.4, and 4.2 +/- 2.1; P = 0.9). Patients who received isoflurane experienced fewer early events but had a late peak of PONV frequency (P = 0.031). For every 10 minutes by which the total duration of the anesthesia exceeded the net time between incision and suture, the risk of PONV increased by a factor of 1.36 (95% confidence interval, 1.15-1.61; P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: There is no difference between the three inhalation anesthetics currently used with regard to frequency or severity of postoperative nausea, vomiting, or both.
Authors:
Jan Wallenborn; Christian Rudolph; Götz Gelbrich; Thomas M Goerlich; Jochen Helm; Derk Olthoff
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of clinical anesthesia     Volume:  19     ISSN:  0952-8180     ISO Abbreviation:  J Clin Anesth     Publication Date:  2007 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-05-28     Completed Date:  2007-08-10     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8812166     Medline TA:  J Clin Anesth     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  180-5     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Leipzig, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. jan.wallenborn@medizin.uni-leipzig.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Anesthesia Recovery Period
Anesthesia, General
Anesthetics, Inhalation / adverse effects*
Female
Humans
Intervertebral Disk / surgery
Isoflurane / adverse effects*,  analogs & derivatives*
Lumbar Vertebrae / surgery
Male
Methyl Ethers / adverse effects*
Middle Aged
Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / chemically induced*,  drug therapy
Prospective Studies
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Anesthetics, Inhalation; 0/Methyl Ethers; 26675-46-7/Isoflurane; 28523-86-6/sevoflurane; 57041-67-5/desflurane

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