Effects of Four Anesthesia Methods and Tourniquet Durations on Tourniquet Induced Hypertension during Total Knee Arthroplasty / 대한마취과학회지
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
;
: 312-317, 2002.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
A tourniquet is often used during limb surgery to minimize surgical bleeding and to keep the clear surgical field. However the tourniquet is associated with severe hemodynamic changes and tourniquet-induced hypertension. We investigated the incidences of tourniquet-induced hypertension by tourniquet duration and anesthetic methods.METHODS:
One hundred thirteen patients who underwent a total knee arthroplasty were assigned into four groups according to the types of anesthesia; general anesthesia (group I, n = 30), general anesthesia and intravenous adjuvants (group II, n = 30), general and epidural anesthesia (group III, n = 22), and spinal anesthesia (group IV, n = 31). Mean arterial pressure and heart rate were recorded at ward, before induction, one minute after tourniquet inflation and every 10 minutes until 60 mininutes. The extremity was exsanguinated and a tourniquet pressure of 350 mmHg (9 cm width) was applied in all groups.RESULTS:
The mean arterial pressure increased in group I and II during the tourniquet inflation period. The incidence of tourniquet-induced hypertension was higher in group I (6.7%) than other groups but there was no statistical significance among the groups. Heart rates were not changed in any groups.CONCLUSIONS:
We concluded that the shorter the tourniquet time the less the occurrence of tourniquet-induced hypertension under any type of anesthesia.
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Main subject:
Arthroplasty
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Tourniquets
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Incidence
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Extremities
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Arterial Pressure
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Heart Rate
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Hemodynamics
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Hemorrhage
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Hypertension
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Inflation, Economic
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
Year:
2002
Type:
Article
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