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CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIA

The Effect of Clonidine Premedication on Hemodynamic Responses to Microlaryngoscopy and Rigid Bronchoscopy

Idit Matot, MD^*, J. Y. Sichel, MD, Valeri Yofe, MD^*, and Yaacov Gozal, MD^*

Departments of *Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, and Ear Nose and Throat, Hadassah University School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Idit Matot, MD, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Hadassah University Medical Center, POB 12000, Jerusalem 91120, Israel. Address e-mail to matoth{at}cc.huji.ac.il

The usual hemodynamic response to laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy is an increase in heart rate and arterial blood pressure. Previous work has reported that 10%–18% of the patients develop ischemic ST segment changes during the procedure. Therefore, we performed a prospective, randomized, double-blinded study in 36 patients scheduled for elective microlaryngeal and bronchoscopic surgical procedures to evaluate the effects of 300-µg oral clonidine premedication (n = 18) or placebo (n = 18) on the hemodynamic alterations and the incidence of perioperative myocardial ischemic episodes. Myocardial ischemia was assessed by using continuous electrocardiographic monitoring, beginning 30 min before, and lasting until 24 h after the operation. During the procedure, patients receiving placebo exhibited a significant increase (mean ± SD) in arterial blood pressure (the systolic increasing from 137 ± 11 to 166 ± 17 mm Hg, the diastolic increasing from 80 ± 11 to 97 ± 14 mm Hg) and heart rate (increasing from 79 ± 15 to 97 ± 12 bpm) compared with the baseline and with the clonidine group. A dose of 300-µg clonidine blunted the hemodynamic response to endoscopy. Ventricular arrhythmias were more frequent in patients who were not premedicated with clonidine. Two patients in the control group, but none in the clonidine group, had evidence of myocardial ischemia. These data should encourage routine premedication with clonidine in patients undergoing microlaryngoscopic and bronchoscopic procedures.

Implications: Premedication with 300-µg oral clonidine attenuates the hemodynamic response to microlaryngoscopy and bronchoscopy. These data should encourage routine premedication with clonidine in patients undergoing microlaryngoscopic and bronchoscopic procedures.

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