• Anesthesia and analgesia · Nov 2009

    Comparative Study

    The effects of sevoflurane and propofol on glucose metabolism under aerobic conditions in fed rats.

    • Takayuki Kitamura, Makoto Ogawa, Gaku Kawamura, Kanako Sato, and Yoshitsugu Yamada.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan. tyy-kitamura@m7.dion.ne.j
    • Anesth. Analg. 2009 Nov 1;109(5):1479-85.

    BackgroundRecent studies reported that intraoperative hyperglycemia is an independent risk factor for mortality and morbidity related to surgery. Volatile anesthetics, such as sevoflurane, impair glucose use, suggesting their possible contributions to intraoperative hyperglycemia. However, the effects of IV anesthetics, such as propofol, on glucose metabolism are poorly understood. Thus, we compared the effects of sevoflurane and propofol on glucose metabolism under aerobic conditions in fed rats.MethodsWe first examined changes in blood glucose levels in rats undergoing sigmoid colostomy under sevoflurane, sevoflurane/buprenorphine, propofol, and propofol/buprenorphine anesthesia. We then examined changes in blood glucose levels after glucose administration using awake rats, rats under sevoflurane anesthesia, and rats under propofol anesthesia.ResultsBlood glucose levels increased markedly after sigmoid colostomy under sevoflurane anesthesia; the marked increases could not be prevented by the coadministration of buprenorphine. Under propofol anesthesia, blood glucose levels did not change after sigmoid colostomy at the highest dose, but increased slightly at the lowest and intermediate doses; the slight increases were completely prevented by the coadministration of buprenorphine. Whereas changes in blood glucose levels after glucose administration in rats under sevoflurane anesthesia were significantly greater than those in awake rats, the changes in rats under propofol anesthesia were similar to those in awake rats.ConclusionsDuring surgery, hyperglycemia was observed under sevoflurane and sevoflurane/buprenorphine anesthesia, but blood glucose levels were relatively stable under propofol and propofol/buprenorphine anesthesia. Whereas sevoflurane exaggerates glucose intolerance, propofol has no significant effects on glucose tolerance. We speculate that this feature of propofol contributes, at least in part, to the stable glucose metabolism during surgery observed in this study. The results of this study confirm the marked difference in the effects of sevoflurane and propofol on glucose metabolism.

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