Dose requirements of continuous infusion of rocuronium and atracurium throughout orthotopic liver transplantation in humans  

作　　者：翁晓川 周亮 付垠燕 祝胜美 何慧梁 吴健 

机构地区：[1]Department of Anesthesiology, First Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310003, China [2]Department of Anesthesiology, Affiliated Women’s Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University,Hangzhou 310006, China

出　　处：《Journal of Zhejiang University-Science B(Biomedicine & Biotechnology)》2005年第9期869-872,共4页浙江大学学报（英文版）B辑（生物医学与生物技术）

摘　　要：Objective： To compare the dose requirements of continuous infusion of rocuronium and atracurium throughout orthotopic liver transplantation （OLT） in humans. Methods： Twenty male patients undergoing liver transplantation were randomly assigned to two comparable groups of 10 patients each to receive a continuous infusion of rocuronium or atracurium under intravenous balanced anesthesia. The response of adductor pollicis to train-of-four （TOF） stimulation of unlar nerve was monitored. The infusion rates of rocuronium and atracurium were adjusted to maintain Tl/Tc ratio of 2%-10%. The total dose of each drug given during each of the three phases of OLT was recorded. Results： Rocuronium requirement, which were （0.468±0.167）mg/（kg·h） during the paleohepatic phase, decreased significantly during the anhepatic phase to （0.303±0.134）mg/（kg·h） and returned to the initial values at the neohepatic period （（0.429±0.130） mg/（kg·h））; whereas atracuruim requirements remained unchanged during orthotopic liver transplantation. Conclusions： This study showed that the exclusion of the liver from the circulation results in the significantly reduced requirement of rocuronium while the requirement of atracurium was not changed, which suggests that the liver is of major importance in the clearance of rocuronium. A continuous infusion of atracurium with constant rate can provide stable neuromuscular blockade during the three stages of OLT.Objective: To compare the dose requirements of continuous infusion of rocuronium and atracurium throughout orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in humans. Methods: Twenty male patients undergoing liver transplantation were randomly assigned to two comparable groups of 10 patients each to receive a continuous infusion of rocuronium or atracurium under itravenous balanced anesthesia. The response of adductor pollicis to train-of-four (TOF) stimulation of unlar nerve was monitored.The infusion rates of rocuronium and atracurium were adjusted to maintain T1/Tc ratio of 2％～10％. The total dose of each drug given during each of the three phases of OLT was recorded. Results: Rocuronium requirement, which were (0.468±0.167)unchanged during orthotopic liver transplantation. Conclusions: This study showed that the exclusion of the liver from the circulation results in the significantly reduced requirement of rocuronium while the requirement of atracurium was not changed,which suggests that the liver is of major importance in the clearance of rocuronium. A continuous infusion of atracurium with constant rate can provide stable neuromuscular blockade during the three stages of OLT.

关 键 词：ROCURONIUM ATRACURIUM Orthotopic liver transplantation 

分 类 号：R657.3[医药卫生—外科学]