Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
[Anesthesia for electroconvulsive therapy -- comparison of propofol with sevoflurane].
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is performed under general anesthesia (GA). GA could reduce the vigorous hemodynamic response including hypertension and tachycardia during ECT. This may be beneficial in patients with cardiovascular diseases. On the other hand, however, many intravenous and inhalational anesthetic agents potentially suppress the seizure and shorten the duration. The aim of this study is to elucidate whether propofol is superior to sevoflurane in maintaining the duration of electroencephalographic (EEG) seizure evoked by Thymatron System while stabilizing hemodynamic responses. ⋯ The duration of EEG seizure in ECT was significantly longer with propofol anesthesia than sevoflurane anesthesia. Propofol may provide more benefits than sevoflurane as the anesthetic for ECT.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
[Comparison of usefulness of the dorsal branch of the radial artery with the radial artery for arterial cannulation].
The radial artery cannulation is often associated with damped arterial waveforms with the hand moving. We used cannulation of the dorsal branch of the radial artery (DRA) and compared the stability of measurement, safety and complications with those of the radial artery(RA). ⋯ Arterial line monitoring from DRA had better waveforms compared with RA monitoring without any complications.