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De Kock, M. et al.

De Kock, Laterre, Andruetto, Vanderessen, Dekrom, Vanderick, Lavand'homme,

Ornipressin (Por 8): An efficient alternative to counteract hypotension during combined general/epidural anesthesia.

We sought to evaluate the efficacy and side effect profile of a small dose of ornipressin, a vasopressin agonist specific for the V1 receptor, administered to reverse the hypotension associated with combined general/epidural anesthesia. A total of 60 patients undergoing intestinal surgery were studied. After the induction of anesthesia, 7-8 mL of bupivacaine 0.5% with 2 microg/kg clonidine and 0.05 microg/kg sufentanil after an infusion of 5 mL of bupivacaine 0.06% with 0.5 microg x kg(-1) x h(-1) clonidine and 0.1 microg/h of sufentanil were administered by an epidural catheter placed at T7-8 vertebral interspace. When 20% reduction of baseline arterial blood pressure developed, patients were randomly assigned to receive, in a double-blinded design, dopamine started at 2 microg x kg(-1) x min(-1), norepinephrine started at 0.04 microg x kg(-1) x min(-1), or ornipressin started at 1 IU/h. Fifteen patients presenting without hypotension were used as control subjects. Beside routine monitoring, S-T segment analysis, arterial lactacidemia, and gastric tonometry were performed. Ornipressin restored arterial blood pressure after 8 +/- 2 vs 7 +/- 3 min in the norepinephrine group and 11 +/- 3 min in the dopamine group (P < 0.05). This effect was achieved with 2 IU/h of ornipressin in most of the patients (11 of 15). Ornipressin did not induce any modification of the S-T segment; however, it significantly increased intracellular gastric PCO(2) (P < 0.05), indicating splanchnic vasoconstriction. Implications: In the population studied, small-dose ornipressin was effective to restore arterial blood pressure without causing major ischemic side effects.[1]

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Ornipressin (Por 8): An efficient alternative to counteract hypotension during combined general/epidural anesthesia. De Kock, M., Laterre, P.F., Andruetto, P., Vanderessen, L., Dekrom, S., Vanderick, B., Lavand'homme, P. Anesth. Analg. (2000) [Pubmed]

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