Abstract
Background and Aims:Sevoflurane is an excellent but expensive anesthetic agent for laparoscopic cholecystectomy. To decrease sevoflurane consumption during surgery adjuvants like dexmedetomidine may be used. Dexmedetomidine is a recently introduced drug which alleviates the stress response of surgery, produces sedation and analgesia. We aimed to evaluate sevoflurane sparing effect of dexmedetomidine in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy under entropy-guided general anesthesia (GA).Material and Methods:In this prospective randomized control study, 100 American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status I–II adult surgical patients scheduled to undergo laparoscopic cholecystectomy were enrolled. Patients were randomly divided into two groups (n = 50). In dexmedetomidine group, patients received intravenous (IV) dexmedetomidine 0.5 μg/kg over 10 min before induction followed by 0.5 μg/kg/h infusion while in control group, patients received the same volume of normal saline.Results:Sevoflurane consumption was 41% lower in dexmedetomidine group as compared to control group (7.1 [1.6] vs. 12.1 [1.9] ml, P <0.001). A 40% reduction was observed in induction dose of propofol (83.0 [19.1] vs. 127.6 [24.8] mg, P <0.001). Mean Riker sedation-agitation score, visual analog score for pain and Aldrete's score were significantly lower in dexmedetomidine group as compared to control group. None of the patients experienced any significant side effects.Conclusion:A 41% reduction in sevoflurane consumption was observed in patients receiving IV dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy under GA.
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