Effect of lowdose sufentanyl combined with sevoflurane for general anesthesia on the quality of recovery in children with congenital heart disease after occlusion
Objective To investigate the anesthetic efficacy and quality of recovery of low-dose intravenous sufentanyl combined with sevoflurane inhalation anesthesia in transthoracic occlusion without cardiopulmonary bypass for congenital heart disease. Methods 73 children aged 1 to 6 years underwent selective transesophageal echocardiography guided minimally invasive transthoracic occlusion. 73 patients were diagnosed as atrial septal defect, ventricular septal defect or patent ductus arteriosus, and were randomly divided into observation group (group A, n=36) and control group (group B, n=37). Anesthesia was induced with sufentanil 1 μg/ kg and propofol 4mg / kg in all of cases. For anesthetic maintenance, the patients in group A accepted sevoflurane inhalation combined with interval intravenous sufentanil, and the patients in group B accepted continuous intravenous infusion propofol and remifentanil. The systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and heart rate (HR) were monitored before and after anesthetic induction, before surgery, at the instant of occlusion, after occlusion and while surgery finished. The time to awakening and extubation, recovery room stay and the incidence of agitation, choking and vomiting were also recorded. Results The BIS during surgery maintained 40 to 60. SBP, DBP and HR were relatively stable in both groups at each time point (P>0.05). The time to awakening, the time to extubation and the recovery room stay in group A [(9.5±1.56) min, (11.41±2.33) min and (15.57 ± 2.28) min, respectively] were shorter than those in group B [(12.39±1.93) min, (15.22±2.38) min and (19.57±2.44) min, respectively] (P<0.05). Agitation scale in group A was significantly lower than that in group B [(0.94 ± 0.79) vs (1.95±0.74), P<0.05]. Conclusion Both low-dose intravenous sufentanyl combined with sevoflurane inhalation anesthesia and propofol combined with remifentanil for total intravenous anesthesia can acquire satisfied anesthesia efficacy in transthoracic occlusion for congenital heart disease. The quality of recovery in the group accepted intravenous sufentanyl combined with sevoflurane inhalation anesthesia is better than that in the group of total intravenous anesthesia.