Tachycardia and hypertension usually accompany laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation. This response is undesirable, especially in patients with cardiovascular or intracranial diseases. Esmolol is a cardioselective, ultrashort-acting beta adrenergic blocking agent with a very short hail-life. The efficacy of holus dose of esmolol in blunting hemodynamic responses during laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation was evaluated. 45 patients (15 in each group) of ASA physical status I and II scheduled for elective non-cardiac surgery were included in this randomized, placebo-controlled study. At time zero, the study preparation (placebo, 100 or 200 mg of esmolol) was administered intravenously, followed by thiopentone 5 mg/kg and succinylcholine 1.5 mg/kg for induction. Tracheal intubation was performed 2 minutes after time zero. Anesthesia was maintained with 50% nitrous oxide and 1.0 MAC halothane in oxygen, and vecuronium 0.08 mg/kg. Heart rate (HR) and systolic blood pressure (SBP) were recorded every minute for 10 minutes. To compare with the placebo group, there was a significant decrease in either HR or SBP in 200 mg group in the 8 minutes course after intubation (p< 0.05). There was a significant decrease in HR in the 100 mg group at the 3rd, 4th, and 5th minutes when compared with the placebo group (p< 0.05). The differences in SBP between the 100 mg group and placebo group were significant at the 3rd and 4th minutes (p< 0.05). Both bolus dosages of esmolol could effectively attenuate the tachycardia and hypertension produced by laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation. Furthermore, esmolol 200 mg presented a better hemodynamic stability than esmolol 100 mg during induction of anesthesia.
氣管插管後的心跳加快及血壓升高可能造成嚴重的併發症,尤其在有心臟血管或顱內疾病的患者。本研究即在探討esmolol是否可以降低這些不良反應的發生。隨機選擇45位ASA體位I或II,欲進行非開心手術的病人,分成第I組:placebo;第2組:esmolol,100毫克;第3組:esmolol,200毫克。在第0分鐘時分別給予生理食鹽水20毫升,100或200毫克的esmolol,以thiopentone 5毫克/公斤和succinylcholine 1.5毫克/公斤作麻醉誘導。在第2分鐘時進行插管,之後以50%笑氣,1.0 MAC halothane, vecuronium 0.08毫克/公斤維持。記錄每分鐘各組心跳及收縮壓的變化,共記錄10分鐘,以Student t-test來進行統計分析。結果在插管後,第3組的心跳和血壓都比控制組低,在統計上有意義(p<0.05)。第2組的心跳在第3, 4, 5分鐘;收縮壓在第3,4分鐘明顯較控制組低。我們的結論是單一巨投注劑量的esmolol的確可降低插管後的心跳加快及血壓升高。給200mg的病人,在麻醉誘導時對心跳和血壓可維持較佳的穩定度。