| Title | A comparison of the combination of epinephrine and vasopressin with lipid emulsion in a porcine model of asphyxial cardiac arrest after intravenous injection of bupivacaine. | | Author(s) | Mayr VD, Mitterschiffthaler L, Neurauter A, Gritsch C, Wenzel V, Müller T, Luckner G, Lindner KH, Strohmenger HU | | Institution | Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstrasse 35, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. viktoria.mayr@i-med.ac.at | | Source | Anesth Analg 2008 May; 106(5):1566-71, table of contents. | | MeSH | Anesthetics, Local
Animals
Asphyxia
Bupivacaine
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Coronary Circulation
Disease Models, Animal
Electric Countershock
Epinephrine
Fat Emulsions, Intravenous
Female
Heart Arrest
Hemodynamics
Injections, Intravenous
Male
Swine
Time Factors
Vasoconstrictor Agents
Vasopressins
| | Abstract | BACKGROUND: In a porcine model, we compared the effect of the combination of vasopressin/epinephrine with that of a lipid emulsion on survival after bupivacaine-induced cardiac arrest.
METHODS: After administration of 5 mg/kg of a 0.5% bupivacaine solution i.v., ventilation was interrupted for 2 +/- 0.5 (mean +/- SD) min until asystole occurred. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was initiated after 1 min of untreated cardiac arrest. After 2 min of CPR, 10 animals received, every 5 min, either vasopressin combined with epinephrine or 4 mL/kg of a 20% lipid emulsion. Three minutes after each drug administration, up to three countershocks (4, 4, and 6 J/kg) were administered; all subsequent shocks with 6 J/kg. Blood for determination of the plasma bupivacaine concentration was drawn throughout the experiment.
RESULTS: In the vasopressor group, all five pigs survived, whereas none of five pigs in the lipid group had restoration of spontaneous circulation (P < 0.01). There was no significant difference between groups in the plasma concentration of total bupivacaine.
CONCLUSION: In this model of a bupivacaine-induced cardiac arrest, the vasopressor combination of vasopressin and epinephrine compared with lipid emulsion resulted in higher coronary perfusion pressure during CPR and survival rates. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
| | PubMed ID | 18420878 |
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