TY - JOUR
T1 - Duration of rocuronium-induced neuromuscular block during liver transplantation
T2 - A predictor of primary allograft function
AU - Marcel, Randy J.
AU - Ramsay, Michael A.E.
AU - Tillmann Hein, H. A.
AU - Nguyen, Anh Thuy
AU - Ramsay, Kirsten J.
AU - Suit, C. Tracy
AU - Miller, Ronald D.
PY - 1997/4
Y1 - 1997/4
N2 - The prolongation of vecuronium-induced neuromuscular block has been reported as a predictor of hepatic allograft dysfunction. This study investigates the duration of action of rocuronium, which also relies on hepatic clearance, to examine whether it also is prolonged with allograft dysfunction. Fifty-seven patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplant were given rocuronium (0.6 mg/kg) prior to allograft placement and the recovery of contraction of the orbicularis oculi muscle to a 2-Hz train-of-four stimulus was recorded. Fifteen minutes after reperfusion of the allograft, rocuronium (0.6 mg/kg) was administered and the time to recovery of muscle contraction to a train-of-four stimulus (train-of-four time) was again recorded. The patients were divided into two groups according to posttransplant liver function. Group I consisted of 50 patients with immediate normal liver function. Group II contained 7 patients with primary dysfunctional livers. Primary dysfunction was determined by peak serum aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase levels > 2000 U/L, and prothrombin time > 16 s. The train-of-four time in Group II was prolonged compared with Group I (P < 0.05). Immediate graft function testing using the recovery time from rocuronium of > 150 min has a positive predictive value of 100% and a negative predictive value of 96%. The sensitivity and specificity is 71% and 100%, respectively. Receiver operating characteristic analysis supports this conclusion.
AB - The prolongation of vecuronium-induced neuromuscular block has been reported as a predictor of hepatic allograft dysfunction. This study investigates the duration of action of rocuronium, which also relies on hepatic clearance, to examine whether it also is prolonged with allograft dysfunction. Fifty-seven patients undergoing orthotopic liver transplant were given rocuronium (0.6 mg/kg) prior to allograft placement and the recovery of contraction of the orbicularis oculi muscle to a 2-Hz train-of-four stimulus was recorded. Fifteen minutes after reperfusion of the allograft, rocuronium (0.6 mg/kg) was administered and the time to recovery of muscle contraction to a train-of-four stimulus (train-of-four time) was again recorded. The patients were divided into two groups according to posttransplant liver function. Group I consisted of 50 patients with immediate normal liver function. Group II contained 7 patients with primary dysfunctional livers. Primary dysfunction was determined by peak serum aspartate aminotransferase and alanine aminotransferase levels > 2000 U/L, and prothrombin time > 16 s. The train-of-four time in Group II was prolonged compared with Group I (P < 0.05). Immediate graft function testing using the recovery time from rocuronium of > 150 min has a positive predictive value of 100% and a negative predictive value of 96%. The sensitivity and specificity is 71% and 100%, respectively. Receiver operating characteristic analysis supports this conclusion.
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U2 - 10.1097/00000539-199704000-00031
DO - 10.1097/00000539-199704000-00031
M3 - Article
C2 - 9085973
AN - SCOPUS:0031003384
SN - 0003-2999
VL - 84
SP - 870
EP - 874
JO - Anesthesia and analgesia
JF - Anesthesia and analgesia
IS - 4
ER -