A Review of Current Literature of Interest to the Office-Based Anesthesiologist.
A Review of Current Literature of Interest to the Office-Based Anesthesiologist.
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10.2344/0003-3006-66.4.235
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2019
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M. Saxen
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The ventilatory response to hypoxia is a lifesaving chemoreflex originating at the carotid bodies that is impaired by nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents. This single-center, randomized, controlled experimental study evaluated the effect of 3 strategies for reversal of a partial neuromuscular block on ventilatory control in 34 healthy male volunteers on the chemoreflex. The hypothesis was that the hypoxic ventilatory response is fully restored following the return to a train-of-four ratio of 1. Following full reversal, as measured at the thumb, there was persistent residual blunting of the hypoxic ventilatory response (0.45 6 0.16 l min 1 % 1; train-of-four ratio, 1.0; p , .001). Despite full reversal of partial neuromuscular block at the thumb, impairment of the peripheral chemoreflex may persist at train-of-four ratios greater than 0.9 following reversal with neostigmine or sugammadex, or spontaneous recovery of the neuromuscular block. Comment: Although train-of-four testing of the thumb indicated full recovery, the hypoxic chemoreflex was not fully restored following reversal of neuromuscular blockade. This phenomenon was observed regardless of the drug class of neuromuscular blocking drug used. In an accompanying editorial, Pandit and Eriksson note evidence of potential synergism between neuromuscular blocking drugs and other anesthetic agents, including inhalational anesthetics, benzodiazepines, and opioids. This study demonstrates the importance of achieving full neuromuscular recovery while realizing the risk of impaired regulation of breathing and response to hypoxia may still be present during recovery despite complete neuromuscular blockade reversal.