Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2023.100148
Raksa Tupprasoot , Benjamin J. Blaise
NeoDoppler is a noninvasive monitoring device that can be attached to a patient's head to provide real-time continuous cerebral Doppler evaluation. A feasibility study shows that it can be used in operating theatres during anaesthesia to potentially guide haemodynamic management. We discuss the impact of this new device and which further research would be necessary to find its role in clinical practice.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2023.100204
Lars Øivind Høiseth , Lars Olav Fjose , Jonny Hisdal , Marlin Comelon , Leiv Arne Rosseland , Harald Lenz
Background
Methoxyflurane is approved for relief of moderate to severe pain in conscious adult trauma patients: it may be self-administrated and is well suited for use in austere environments. Trauma patients may sustain injuries causing occult haemorrhage compromising haemodynamic stability, and it is therefore important to elucidate whether methoxyflurane may adversely affect the haemodynamic response to hypovolaemia.
Methods
In this randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, three-period crossover study, inhaled methoxyflurane 3 ml, i.v. fentanyl 25 μg, and placebo were administered to 15 healthy volunteers exposed to experimental hypovolaemia in the lower body negative pressure model. The primary endpoint was the effect of treatment on changes in cardiac output, while secondary endpoints were changes in stroke volume and mean arterial pressure and time to haemodynamic decompensation during lower body negative pressure.
Results
There were no statistically significant effects of treatment on the changes in cardiac output, stroke volume, or mean arterial pressure during lower body negative pressure. The time to decompensation was longer for methoxyflurane compared with fentanyl (hazard ratio 1.9; 95% confidence interval 0.4–3.4; P=0.010), whereas there was no significant difference to placebo (hazard ratio −1.3; 95% confidence interval −2.8 to 0.23; P=0.117).
Conclusions
The present study does not indicate that methoxyflurane has significant adverse haemodynamic effects in conscious adults experiencing hypovolaemia.
Clinical trial registration
ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04641949) and EudraCT (2019-004144-29) https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/ctr-search/trial/2019-004144-29/NO.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2023.100219
Kristian D. Friesgaard , Lone D. Brix , Christina B. Kristensen , Omar Rian , Lone Nikolajsen
Background
Laparoscopic hysterectomy is often carried out as day-stay surgery. Minimising postoperative pain is therefore of utmost importance to ensure timely discharge from hospital. Methadone has several desirable pharmacological features, including a long elimination half-life. Therefore, a single intraoperative dose could provide long-lasting pain relief.
Methods
Patients scheduled to undergo laparoscopic hysterectomy were randomly allocated to receive methadone (0.2 mg kg−1) or morphine (0.2 mg kg−1) intraoperatively, 60 min before tracheal extubation. Primary outcomes were opioid consumption (oral morphine equivalents in milligrams) at 6 and 24 h. Secondary outcomes included pain intensity at rest and during coughing, patient satisfaction, postoperative nausea and vomiting, and adverse events up to 72 h after completion of surgery.
Results
The postoperative median opioid consumption was reduced in the methadone group compared with the morphine group at 6 h (35.5 [0–61] mg vs 48 [31–74.5] mg; P=0.01) and 24 h (42 [10–67] mg vs 54.5 [31–83] mg; P=0.03). On arrival at the PACU, pain at rest was significantly lower in patients receiving methadone (numeric rating scale: 3 [2–5] vs 5 [3–6]), whereas pain scores at rest and coughing were not significantly different throughout the rest of the observation period. No differences in other secondary outcomes were found.
Conclusions
In this randomised, blinded, controlled trial, opioid consumption was reduced during the first 24 postoperative hours in patients receiving methadone without causing an increase in adverse events. The difference observed might be considered as small and of limited clinical relevance.
Clinical trial registration
NCT03908060; EudraCT no. 2018-004351-20.
背景腹腔镜子宫切除术通常作为日间手术进行。因此,尽量减少术后疼痛对于确保及时出院至关重要。美沙酮有几个令人满意的药理学特征,包括较长的消除半衰期。因此,单次术中剂量可以提供持久的疼痛缓解。方法随机选择行腹腔镜子宫切除术的患者,在拔管前60 min,术中给予美沙酮(0.2 mg kg−1)或吗啡(0.2 mg kg−1)。主要结局是6和24小时的阿片类药物消耗(口服吗啡当量毫克)。次要结局包括休息和咳嗽时的疼痛强度、患者满意度、术后恶心和呕吐以及手术完成后72小时的不良事件。结果美沙酮组术后6 h阿片类药物中位消耗较吗啡组降低(35.5 [0-61]mg vs 48 [31-74.5] mg;P=0.01)和24 h (42 [10-67] mg vs 54.5 [31-83] mg;P = 0.03)。到达PACU时,接受美沙酮治疗的患者静息疼痛明显降低(数值评定量表:3 [2-5]vs 5[3 - 6]),而在整个观察期内,静息疼痛和咳嗽评分无显著差异。其他次要结局无差异。结论:在这项随机、盲法、对照试验中,接受美沙酮治疗的患者术后24小时内阿片类药物的使用减少,且未引起不良事件的增加。观察到的差异可能被认为很小,临床相关性有限。临床试验注册nct03908060;EudraCT没有。2018-004351-20。
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Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2023.100218
Matilda Widaeus , Daniel Hertzberg , Linn Hallqvist , Max Bell
Background
Whilst somatic complications after major surgery are being increasingly investigated, the research field has scarce data on psychiatric outcomes such as postoperative depression. This study evaluates the impact of patient and surgical factors on the risk of depression after surgery using the proxy measure of prescribed and collected antidepressants.
Methods
An observational, registry-based, national multicentre cohort study of individuals ≥18 yr of age who underwent noncardiac surgery between 2007 and 2014. Exclusion criteria included history of antidepressant use defined by collection of a prescription within 5 yr before surgery. Participants were identified using a surgical database from 23 Swedish hospitals and data were linked to National Board of Health and Welfare registers for collection of prescribed antidepressants. Descriptive statistics were used for baseline data and logistic regression for predictive factors.
Results
Of 223 617 patients, 4.9% had a new prescription of antidepressants collected 31–365 days after surgery. Antidepressant prescription was associated with increasing age, female sex, and more comorbidities. The incidence of antidepressant prescription was highest after neurosurgery, vascular, and thoracic surgery. Affective and anxiety disorders were risk factors. In the whole cohort and within the aforementioned surgical subtypes, acute and cancer surgery increased the risk of antidepressant prescription.
Conclusions
This study brings novel insights to the epidemiology of postoperative antidepressant treatment in antidepressant-naive patients. One in 20 postoperative patients are prescribed antidepressants but with knowledge of risk factors, interventional strategies can be tested.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2023.100203
Emiliano Tognoli , Mariani Luigi
Background
The dose of anaesthetic and opioid drugs must be continuously adjusted after the induction of general anaesthesia to maintain an adequate depth of anaesthesia. The TI.VA algorithm is a multiple-input/multiple-output algorithm designed to optimise the balance between anaesthetic and opioid concentrations during general anaesthesia. It applies vector analysis to a two-dimensional matrix to quantify any inadequacy of the depth of anaesthesia at any given moment and determine any drug dose adjustments required to achieve an adequate depth of anaesthesia. This study aimed to capture preliminary data on the performance and safety of the TI.VA algorithm during total i.v. anaesthesia in patients.
Methods
This prospective study enrolled nine patients with breast cancer scheduled to undergo surgery. General anaesthesia was induced under manual control using propofol and remifentanil. Anaesthesia was guided using the TI.VA algorithm from skin incision until surgical resection was completed. The quality of anaesthesia was assessed through an analysis of performance errors. A bispectral index global score (GSBIS) <50 was considered an acceptable target for algorithm performance.
Results
All nine procedures were completed without any adverse events and none of the patients recalled any intraoperative event. Overall, we analysed 3417 monitoring points corresponding to 285 min of surgery. All patients presented a GSBIS below the cut-off value of 50.
Conclusions
The TI.VA algorithm provides adequate control of clinical anaesthesia. A more sophisticated prototype needs to be developed before the trial is expanded to include larger patient populations.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2023.100206
Scott Seki , Molly Candon , Sushila Murthy , Gurmukh Sahota , Rachel R. Kelz , Mark D. Neuman
Background
Older patients commonly receive benzodiazepines during anaesthesia despite guidelines recommending avoidance. Interventions to reduce perioperative benzodiazepine use are not well studied. We hypothesized an automated electronic medical record alert targeting anaesthesia providers would reduce administration of benzodiazepines to older adults undergoing general anaesthesia.
Methods
We conducted a retrospective study of adults who underwent surgery at 5 hospitals within one US academic health system. One of the hospitals received an intervention consisting of provider education and an automated electronic medical record alert discouraging benzodiazepine administration to patients aged 70 years or older. We used difference-in-differences analysis to compare patterns of midazolam use 12-months before and after intervention at the intervention hospital, using the 4 non-intervention hospitals as contemporaneous comparators.
Results
The primary analysis sample included 20,347 cases among patients aged 70 and older. At the intervention hospital, midazolam was administered in 454/4,240 (10.7%) cases pre-alert versus 250/3,750 (6.7%) post-alert (p<0.001). At comparator hospitals, respective rates were 3,186/6,366 (50.0%) versus 2,935/5,991 (49.0%) (p=0.24). After adjustment, the intervention was associated with a 3.2 percentage point (p.p.) reduction in the percentage of cases with midazolam administration (95% CI: (-5.2, -1.1); p=0.002). Midazolam dose was unaffected (adjusted mean difference -0.01 mg, 95% CI: (-0.20, 0.18); p=0.90). In 76,735 cases among patients aged 18–69, the percentage of cases with midazolam administration decreased by 6.9 p. p. (95% CI: (-8.0, -5.7); p<0.001).
Conclusion
Provider-facing alerts in the intraoperative electronic medical record, coupled with education, can reduce midazolam administration to older patients presenting for surgery but may affect care of younger patients.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2023.100142
Alexander J. Fowler , Adam B. Brayne , Rupert M. Pearse , John R. Prowle
Background
Postoperative complications are associated with reduced long-term survival. We characterise healthcare use changes after sentinel postoperative complications.
Methods
We linked primary and secondary care records of patients undergoing elective surgery at four East London hospitals (2012–7) with at least 90 days follow-up. Complication codes (wound infection, urinary tract infection, pneumonia, new stroke, and new myocardial infarction) recorded within 90 days of surgery were identified from primary or secondary care. Outcomes were change in healthcare contact days in the 2 yr before and after surgery, and 2 yr mortality. We report rate ratios (RaR) with 95% confidence intervals and adjusted for baseline healthcare use and confounders using negative binomial regression.
Results
We included 49 913 patients (median age 49 yr [inter-quartile range {IQR}: 34–64]), 27 958 (56.0%) were female. Amongst 3883 (7.8%) patients with complications (median age 58 [IQR: 43–72]), there were 18.4 days per year in contact with healthcare before surgery and 25.3 days after surgery (RaR: 1.38 [1.37–1.39]). Patients without complications (median age 48 [IQR: 33–63]) had 12.3 days per year in contact with healthcare before surgery and 14.0 days after surgery (RaR: 1.14 [1.14–1.15]). The adjusted incidence rate ratio of days in contact with healthcare associated with complications was 1.67 (1.49–1.87). More patients (391; 10.1%) with complications died within 2 yr than those without (1428; 3.1%).
Conclusions
Patients with postoperative complications are older with greater healthcare use before surgery. However, their absolute and relative increases in healthcare use after surgery are greater than patients without complications.
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The Obstetric Quality of Recovery-10 (ObsQoR-10) is a validated tool for assessing the quality of postpartum recovery. This study aimed to validate the French version of the ObsQoR-10 scale (ObsQoR-10-French).
Methods
After translating the ObsQoR-10 into French, we conducted a psychometric validation involving internal consistency, convergent validity, construct validity, reliability, responsiveness, scaling properties, acceptability, and feasibility. French women who underwent either a vaginal delivery (spontaneous or induced labour), or an emergency or elective Caesarean section (C-section) were prospectively included. They completed the ObsQoR-10-French before delivery and at 24 h (H24) and 48 h (H48) after delivery.
Results
Of the 500 women included, 431 (86%) completed the questionnaire at all three timepoints. A total of 352 women (82%) underwent vaginal delivery (with 228 [53%] experiencing spontaneous labour and 124 [29%] had labour induced), whereas 53 (12%) women underwent an emergency C-section and 26 (6%) an elective C-section. The ObsQoR-10-French demonstrated excellent internal consistency with a Cronbach's coefficient of 0.81, 95% confidence interval 0.78–0.84 at H24. The tool was correlated with an 11-item global health score (P<0.001). Of the list of hypotheses for evaluating the construct validity, 81% were confirmed (negative associations between ObsQoR-10-French and length of labour, hospital stay, the need for a C-section, and the emergency level of the C-section). The Cohen effect size at H24 was 0.58. The intra-class coefficient was 0.90, 95% confidence interval 0.86–0.93 at H24.
Conclusion
The ObsQoR-10-French is a valid and reliable psychometric questionnaire, capable of assessing the quality of postpartum recovery in French-speaking populations.
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Pub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2023.100216
Aart Jan W. Teunissen , Mark V. Koning , Willem J. Liefers , Dawi v.d. Stap , Gert Roukema , Bart de Bruijn , Charlotte E. Teunissen , Seppe A. Koopman
Background
Surgical treatment of proximal femur fractures is complicated by postoperative delirium in about one-third of patients. Pain and opioid consumption are modifiable factors that may influence the incidence of delirium.1 An intrathecal injection of morphine may lead to a reduction in postoperative pain and reduced systemic opioid consumption. In current practice, the addition of morphine to intrathecal anaesthesia is commonly used but depends on the anaesthesiologist's preference. Recently, a retrospective study found that intrathecal morphine was independently associated with a lower incidence of delirium. However, this has to be confirmed in a prospective, randomised study. We hypothesise that using intrathecal morphine reduces postoperative pain and opioid consumption during the first 48 h after surgery and reduces the incidence of delirium during hospital admission. We also seek additional evidence of the association between neuronal injury (delirium) and neurofilament light in serum of patients with proximal femur fractures.
Objective
The primary objective is to compare the incidence of delirium. The secondary objectives are to compare pain scores, systemic opioid consumption, and (opioid-related) side-effects. The tertiary objective is to test the association between intrathecal morphine and neurofilament light as a marker of neuronal injury.
Study design
A double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled intervention study is proposed.
Study population
All patients with a proximal femur fracture who are scheduled for surgery under spinal anaesthesia.
Intervention
The intervention is the addition of morphine 100 μg to the intrathecal injection for spinal anaesthesia. The intervention group will receive a mixture of bupivacaine 10 mg and morphine 100 μg. The control group will receive bupivacaine 10 mg.
Clinical trial registration
EU Clinical Trials Register: EudraCT number 2020-002143-27.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1016/j.bjao.2023.100180
Jonathan Sharpe, Jack Whiting
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