The effect of dexmedetomidine alternative to propofol administered in general anesthesia on maintainance and recovery in patients undergoing gynecologic laparoscopy

Objective To evaluate the effect of dexmedetomidine alternative to propofol administered in general anesthesia on maintainance and recovery in patients undergoing gynecologic laparoscopy.Methods One hundred and twenty patients undergoing gynecologic laparoscopy,were divided into group C,D1 and D2 with 40 cases each by random digits table method.Group C received propofol 100 μ g / (kg min) and remifentanil 0.10-0.25 μ g / (kg min) intravenous infusion,group D1 received propofol 100 μ g/(kg min),remifentanil 0.10-0.25 μ g/(kg min) and dexmedetomidine 0.2 μ g/(kg h) intravenous infusion,while group D2 received dexmedetomidine 2.0-3.0 μ g / (kg h) and remifentanil 0.10-0.25 μ g/ (kg min).Cis-atracurium was given on time to maintainance of anesthesia.The heart rate (HR),mean arterial pressure (MAP) were recorded at the following time points:arriving at operating room (To),anesthesia induction (T1),intubation (T2),skin incision (T3),pneumoperitoneum (T4),10 min after pneumoperitoneum (T5),20 min after pneumoperitoneum (T6),the end of operation (T7),discharge from post anesthesia care unit(T8) and the first postoperative day (T9).The time of emergence,extubation and duration in post anesthesia care unit were recorded too.Ramsay scale and Riker Sedation-Agitation Scale on emergence,extubation and discharge from post anesthesia care unit and post anesthesia recovery score at T9 were also recorded.Results The MAP in group D2 was higher at T3 to T7 time-points than that in group C and group D1 [(93 ± 10),(99 ± 11),(94 ± 13),(95 ± 10),(91 ± 10) mm Hg (1 mm Hg =0.133 kPa) vs.(88± 11),(90± 10),(87±9),(86±9),(83±8)mmHgand (87±9),(90± 10),(86±8),(85 ±7),(83 ± 7) mm Hg],there were significant difference (P ＜ 0.05).There were no significant difference among groups on the HR at each time point and the time of emergence,extubation and duration in post anesthesia care unit (P ＞ 0.05).Ramsay scale was lower on emergence and Riker Sedation-Agitation Scale was higher on emergence and extubation in group C than that in group D1 and group D2 [(3.7 ± 1.3) scores vs.(4.0 ± 0.9),(4.2 ±0.9) scores,(3.1 ± 1.0) scores vs.(2.8 ±0.6),(2.7 ±0.9) scores,(3.3 ±0.7) scores vs.(3.2 ± 0.4),(3.0 ± 0.5) scores],there were significant differences (P ＜ 0.05).Riker Sedation-Agitation Scale was higher on extubation in group D1 than that in group D2(P ＜ 0.05).Post anesthesia recovery score at T9 in group D2 was apparently increased compared with that in group C and group D1 [(108 ± 10) scores vs.(93 ± 13),(93 ± 15) scores] (P ＜ 0.05).Conclusions Dexmedetomidine 2.0-3.0 μ g/ (kg h) administered in general anesthesia on maintainance in gynecologic laparoscopy can improve the quality of extubation and promote postoperative recovery without prolonging extubation time,but have a influence on hemodynamic changes at early stage of pneumoperitoneum. Key words: Dexmedetomidine;  Hemodynamics;  Laparoscopy