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Xenon depresses aEEG background voltage activity whilst maintaining cardiovascular stability in sedated healthy newborn pigs

Hemmen Sabir, Thomas Wood, Hannah Gill, Xun Liu, John Dingley, Marianne Thoresen

Journal of the Neurological Sciences, Volume: 363, Pages: 140 - 144

Swansea University Author: John Dingley

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DOI (Published version): 10.1016/j.jns.2016.02.051

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Changes in electroencephalography (EEG) voltage range are used to monitor the depth of anaesthesia, as well as predict outcome after hypoxia-ischaemia in neonates. Xenon is being investigated as a potential neuroprotectant after hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury, but the effect of Xenon on EEG paramete...

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Published in: Journal of the Neurological Sciences
ISSN: 0022510X
Published: 2016
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URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26998
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Abstract: Changes in electroencephalography (EEG) voltage range are used to monitor the depth of anaesthesia, as well as predict outcome after hypoxia-ischaemia in neonates. Xenon is being investigated as a potential neuroprotectant after hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury, but the effect of Xenon on EEG parameters in children or neonates is not known. This study aimed to examine the effect of 50% inhaled Xenon on background amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG) activity in sedated healthy newborn pigs.Five healthy newborn pigs, receiving intravenous fentanyl sedation, were ventilated for 24 h with 50%Xenon, 30%O2 and 20%N2 at normothermia. The upper and lower voltage-range of the aEEG was continuously monitored together with cardiovascular parameters throughout a 1 h baseline period with fentanyl sedation only, followed by 24 h of Xenon administration.The median (IQR) upper and lower aEEG voltage during 1 h baseline was 48.0 μV (46.0-50.0) and 25.0 μV (23.0-26.0), respectively. The median (IQR) aEEG upper and lower voltage ranges were significantly depressed to 21.5 μV (20.0-26.5) and 12.0 μV (12.0-16.5) from 10 min after the onset of 50% Xenon administration (p=0.002). After the initial Xenon induced depression in background aEEG voltage, no further aEEG changes were seen over the following 24h of ventilation with 50% xenon under fentanyl sedation. Mean arterial blood pressure and heart rate remained stable.Mean arterial blood pressure and heart rate were not significantly influenced by 24h Xenon ventilation. 50% Xenon rapidly depresses background aEEG voltage to a steady ~50% lower level in sedated healthy newborn pigs. Therefore, care must be taken when interpreting the background voltage in neonates also receiving Xenon.
Keywords: Amplitude-integrated encephalography; Inhalation anaesthetics; Newborn; Xenon
College: Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences
Start Page: 140
End Page: 144

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