scholarly journals Assessment of heart rate variability during different propofol effect site concentrations in patients with supratentorial tumours: A pilot study

2017 ◽  
Vol 04 (02) ◽  
pp. 108-113
Author(s):  
Mohit Mittal ◽  
Radhakrishnan Muthuchellappan ◽  
G. Umamaheswara Rao ◽  
K. Kavyashree ◽  
K. Vishnuprasad

Abstract Background: Impaired autonomic function (AF) can result in adverse cardiovascular events during the perioperative period. Literature suggests that patients with intracranial space-occupying lesions experience impaired AF depending on the site of tumour and associated raised intracranial pressure (ICP). The complex interaction between general anaesthetics, AF and intracranial tumours with raised ICP has not been extensively studied. Objective: This study was aimed at evaluating the cardiac AF (in terms of heart rate variability [HRV]) in patients undergoing surgery for supratentorial tumours, at baseline and at different propofol effect site concentrations (Ce) during anaesthetic induction and the results were compared with patients undergoing non-cranial surgeries. Materials and Methods: In this prospective observational study, consecutive adult patients undergoing surgeries for supratentorial tumour (study group) and brachial plexus injury (control group) were recruited. Electrocardiogram was recorded for 5 min at three time points – before propofol induction, at propofol Ce 2 μg/ml and at Ce 4 μg/ml. Results: Forty-five patients were recruited, 24 in study group and 21 in control group. In spite of similar baseline heart rate and blood pressure, low frequency (LF), high frequency (HF) and total power were significantly higher in control group. Baseline LF/HF, though higher in patients with intracranial tumour (craniotomy: 2.2 ± 2.2, control: 1.2 ± 1.1), was not significantly different between the two groups (P = 0.197). HRV variables in both the groups changed the same way in response to the increasing propofol Ce. Conclusion: HRV measurements were significantly different at baseline between the two groups. Following propofol administration, haemodynamic changes and HRV changes were similar in both the groups and also between the two groups.

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Cristiane da Silva ◽  
Ligia Maxwell Pereira ◽  
Jefferson Rosa Cardoso ◽  
Jonathan Patrick Moore ◽  
Fábio Yuzo Nakamura

The positive effects of physical training on heart rate variability (HRV) in healthy adults are widely recognized; however, the responsiveness to training in healthy children has not yet been established. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of physical training on HRV in prepubertal healthy children. Systematic computerized searches were performed from 1950 to 2012 in the following databases: Medline, Embase, Cinahl, Lilacs, Scielo, SportDiscus, ProQuest; Web of Science; PEDro; Academic Search Premier and the Cochrane Library. The key words used were: heart rate variability, autonomic nervous system, exercise training, physical activity, continuous exercise, intermittent exercise, children, prepubescent, adolescents, and healthy. Although the database search initially identified 6,164 studies, after removing duplicates and excluding by title the number was 148, however, only 2 studies were included in this systematic review. The meta-analysis compared the experimental group (n = 29) with the control group (n = 28) for the HRV parameters: RR intervals, SDNN, RMSSD, pNN50, LF (log), HF (log), LF/HF and Total Power (log). The meta-analysis demonstrated similar HRV indices between both the experimental and control groups. In conclusion, the available results from randomized controlled trials do not support the hypothesis that physical training improves HRV in healthy children[AUQ2].


2013 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Osman Yilmaz ◽  
Murat Ciftel ◽  
Kezban Ozturk ◽  
Omer Kilic ◽  
Hasan Kahveci ◽  
...  

AbstractPurpose: Previous studies have shown that the underlying pathophysiologic mechanism in children with breath holding may be generalised autonomic dysregulation. Thus, we performed cardiac rhythm and heart rate variability analyses using 24-hour Holter monitoring to evaluate the cardiac effects of autonomic dysregulation in children with breath-holding spells. Methods: We performed cardiac rhythm and heart rate analyses using 24-hour Holter monitors to evaluate the cardiac effects of autonomic dysregulation in children during a breath-holding spell. Our study group consisted of 68 children with breath-holding spells – 56 cyanotic type and 12 pallid type – and 39 healthy controls. Results: Clinical and heart rate variability results were compared between each spell type – cyanotic or pallid – and the control group; significant differences (p<0.05) in standard deviation of all NN intervals, mean of the standard deviations of all NN intervals for all 5-minute segments, percentage of differences between adjacent RR intervals >50 ms, and square root of the mean of the sum of squares of the differences between adjacent NN intervals values were found between the pallid and cyanotic groups. Conclusions: Holter monitoring for 24 hours and heart rate variability parameters, particularly in children with pallid spells, are crucial for evaluation of cardiac rhythm changes.


1998 ◽  
Vol 76 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 806-810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaariv Khaykin ◽  
Paul Dorian ◽  
Anthony Tang ◽  
M Green ◽  
Jan Mitchell ◽  
...  

Zatebradine is a bradycardic agent with a selective effect on the pacemaker current in the sinus node. The effect of such drugs on heart rate variability is not known. Thirty-six patients without structural heart disease were randomly assigned to receive 10 mg of zatebradine i.v. (n = 24) or isotonic saline (n = 12). Heart rate variability (HRV) was recorded as power in the very low frequency (VLF, 0.003-0.040 Hz), low frequency (LF, 0.040-0.150 Hz), and high frequency (HF, 0.150-0.400 Hz) spectral bands as well as total power (TP, 0.003-0.400 Hz) during 5-min ECG acquisitions at baseline, 30, and 60 min following the start of the infusion. No change in heart rate variability was detected in the control group. Zatebradine significantly reduced heart rate variability at 60 min in all frequency bands: VLF (-12 ± 4%, p < 0.001), LF (-19 ± 4%, p < 0.001), and HF (-26 ± 5%, p < 0.001). The reduction in HRV following zatebradine is due to depression of sinus node response to all external stimuli and underscores the need for documentation of normal sinus node function in HRV research.Key words: zatebradine, sinus node, heart rate variability, HRV, autonomic nervous system.


2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 1138-1144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert F. Bentley ◽  
Emily Vecchiarelli ◽  
Laura Banks ◽  
Patric E.O. Gonçalves ◽  
Scott G. Thomas ◽  
...  

The purpose of this study was to determine potential adverse cardiac effects of chronic endurance training by comparing sympathovagal modulation via heart rate variability (HRV) and heart rate recovery (HRR) in middle-aged endurance athletes (EA) and physically active individuals (PA) following maximal exercise. Thirty-six (age, 53 ± 5 years) EA and 19 (age, 56 ± 5 years) PA were recruited to complete a 2-week exercise diary and graded exercise to exhaustion. Time domain and power spectral HRV analyses were completed on recorded R-R intervals. EA had a greater HRR slope following exercise (95% confidence interval, 0.0134–0.0138 vs. 0.0101–0.0104 beats/s; p < 0.001). While EA had greater HRR at 1–5 min after exercise (all p < 0.01), PA and EA did not differ when expressed as a percentage of baseline heart rate (130 ± 19 vs. 139 ± 19; p = 0.2). Root mean square of successive differences in R-R intervals (rest and immediately after exercise) were elevated in EA (p < 0.05). Low-frequency (LF) and high-frequency (HF) spectral components were nonsignificantly elevated after exercise (p = 0.045–0.147) in EA while LF/HF was not different (p = 0.529–0.986). This data suggests greater HRR in EA may arise in part due to a lower resting HR. While nonsignificant elevations in HF and LF in EA produces a LF/HF similar to PA, absolute spectral component modulation differed. These observations require further exploration. Novelty Acute effects of exercise on HRV in EA compared with a relevant control group, PA, are unknown. EA had greater HRR and nonsignificant elevations in LF and HF compared with PA, yet LF/HF was not different. Future work should explore the implications of this observation.


2017 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-44
Author(s):  
A A Miranda ◽  
V A Zhadnov ◽  
A A Magerramov

Aim. To identify post-surgical perculiarities of heart rate variability in patients with brain tumors and symptomatic epilepsy.Methods. The study group consisted of 85 patients (43 males and 42 females) aged 22 to 83 years admitted to neurosurgical department of Ryazan regional clinical hospital with brain tumor. The control group consisted of 20 relatively healthy individuals. The study group was divided into 2 subgroups of patients with brain tumor associated with symptomatic epilepsy and brain tumors without epileptic seizures. Five-minute ECGs in 3 functional probes (baseline, hyperventilation and post-hyperventilation) before and after craniotomy with tumor resection were recorded. The following statistical analysis of time and frequency parameters of heart rate variability was performed.Results. Statistically significant differences in heart rate variability in pre- and post-surgical periods were found only in patients with epilepsy syndrome caused by brain tumor: mode increased by 11% in baseline and post-hyperventilation probes. Coefficient of variation and standard deviation were decreased by 29% in hyperventilation probe, index of centralization decreased by 60% in baseline probe and by 42% in post-hyperventilation probe. Statistically significant increase of high frequency power component by 46% was registered after surgical intervention in baseline probe and by 10% in post-hyperventilation probe. As opposed to this in the subgroup of patients with brain tumors and without epilepsy this parameter decresed by 10% in baseline probe.Conclusion. The obtained results demonstrate significant post-surgical improvement of autonomic nervous system homeostasis and restoration of cardiovascular functional reserves in patients with brain tumor associated with epilepsy compared to those with no epileptic seizures.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhang Yijing ◽  
Du Xiaoping ◽  
Liu Fang ◽  
Jing Xiaolu ◽  
Wu Bin

Objectives. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of guided imagery training on heart rate variability in individuals while performing spaceflight emergency tasks.Materials and Methods. Twenty-one student subjects were recruited for the experiment and randomly divided into two groups: imagery group (n=11) and control group (n=10). The imagery group received instructor-guided imagery (session 1) and self-guided imagery training (session 2) consecutively, while the control group only received conventional training. Electrocardiograms of the subjects were recorded during their performance of nine spaceflight emergency tasks after imagery training.Results. In both of the sessions, the root mean square of successive differences (RMSSD), the standard deviation of all normal NN (SDNN), the proportion of NN50 divided by the total number of NNs (PNN50), the very low frequency (VLF), the low frequency (LF), the high frequency (HF), and the total power (TP) in the imagery group were significantly higher than those in the control group. Moreover, LF/HF of the subjects after instructor-guided imagery training was lower than that after self-guided imagery training.Conclusions. Guided imagery was an effective regulator for HRV indices and could be a potential stress countermeasure in performing spaceflight tasks.


Author(s):  
Oriol Abellán-Aynés ◽  
Pedro Manonelles ◽  
Fernando Alacid

(1) Background: Research on heart rate variability has increased in recent years and the temperature has not been controlled in some studies assessing repeated measurements. This study aimed to analyze how heart rate variability may change based on environmental temperature during measurement depending on parasympathetic and sympathetic activity variations. (2) Methods: A total of 22 volunteers participated in this study divided into an experimental (n = 12) and control group (n = 10). Each participant was assessed randomly under two different environmental conditions for the experimental group (19 °C and 35 °C) and two identical environmental conditions for the control group (19 °C). During the procedure, heart rate variability measurements were carried out for 10 min. (3) Results: Significantly changes were observed for time and frequency domains as well as Poincaré plot variables after heat exposure (p < 0.05). These findings were not observed in the control group, whose conditions between measurements did not change. (4) Conclusions: The reduction of heart rate variability due to exposure to hot conditions appears to be produced mostly by a parasympathetic withdrawal rather than a sympathetic activation. Therefore, if consecutive measurements have to be carried out, these should always be done under the same temperature conditions.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Menglu Jiang ◽  
Jiawei Ji ◽  
Xin Li ◽  
Zhenqing Liu

Abstract Background Endotracheal intubation and extubation may cause undesirable hemodynamic changes. Intravenous oxycodone has recently been introduced and used for relieving hemodynamic alterations in response to intubation, but there is insufficient information regarding its application in stabilizing hemodynamics during extubation in the patients emerging from general anesthesia. Methods One hundred patients, who had undergone assorted laparoscopic surgeries under general anesthesia, were randomly assigned to Control group (saline injection, 50 cases) and Study group (intravenous injection of 0.08 mg/kg oxycodone immediately after completion of the surgical procedure, 50 cases). Blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) as well as blood concentrations of epinephrine, norepinephrine, and cortisol were recorded or measured immediately before extubation (T0), during extubation (T1), as well as one minute (T2), 5 min (T3), and 10 min after extubation (T4). In addition, coughing and restlessness, time of eye-opening, and duration from completing surgery to extubation as well as Ramsay Sedation Scale were analyzed. Results Blood pressure and heart rate as well as blood concentrations of epinephrine, norepinephrine, and cortisol were significantly higher in the Control group compared with the Study group at the time of extubation as well as 1, 5, and 10 min after extubation (P < 0.05). When the patients emerged from general anesthesia, 70 % of the Control group had cough, which was significantly higher than that of Study group (40 %, P < 0.05). Significantly higher number of patients manifested restlessness in the Control group before (40 %) and after extubation (20 %) compared with that in the Study group (20 and 2 %, respectively, P < 0.05). In addition, patients of Control group had lower Ramsay score at extubation (1.7 ± 0.7) as well as 30 min after extubation (2.4 ± 0.9) compared to that of the patients of Study group (2.2 ± 0.9, and 3.0 ± 0.8, respectively, P = 0.003 and 0.001). Conclusions Intravenous oxycodone attenuated alterations of hemodynamics and blood hormones associated with extubation during emergence from general anesthesia. Trial registration Chinese Clinical Trial Registry: ChiCTR2000040370 (registration date: 11-28-2020) “‘retrospectively registered”.


2003 ◽  
Vol 104 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario VAZ ◽  
A.V. BHARATHI ◽  
S. SUCHARITA ◽  
D. NAZARETH

Alterations in autonomic nerve activity in subjects in a chronically undernourished state have been proposed, but have been inadequately documented. The present study evaluated heart rate and systolic blood pressure variability in the frequency domain in two underweight groups, one of which was undernourished and recruited from the lower socio-economic strata [underweight, undernourished (UW/UN); n = 15], while the other was from a high class of socio-economic background [underweight, well nourished (UW/WN); n = 17], as well as in normal-weight controls [normal weight, well nourished (NW/WN); n = 27]. Baroreflex sensitivity, which is a determinant of heart rate variability, was also assessed. The data indicate that total power (0–0.4Hz), low-frequency power (0.04–0.15Hz) and high-frequency power (0.15–0.4Hz) of RR interval variability were significantly lower in the UW/UN subjects (P<0.05) than in the NW/WN controls when expressed in absolute units, but not when the low- and high-frequency components were normalized for total power. Baroreflex sensitivity was similarly lower in the UW/UN group (P<0.05). Heart rate variability parameters in the UW/WN group were generally between those of the UW/UN and NW/WN groups, but were not statistically different from either. The mechanisms that contribute to the observed differences between undernourished and normal-weight groups, and the implications of these differences, remain to be elucidated.


2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
I Leonova ◽  
I Yarmosh ◽  
S Boldueva ◽  
N Suvorov ◽  
T Sergeev

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. The increasing activity of the sympathetic nervous system was shown during myocardial infarction (MI). There are data that bio management application increases the vagal influences on a heart rate for patients with chronic coronary artery disease.  The purpose of this study was the assessment of changes of vegetative regulation of heart rate in patients with MI, receiving along with standard methods of treatment and rehabilitation sessions of cardiorespiratory training (KRT).  48 patients with IM in an early period of disease at the age from 40 till 70 years were surveyed. The main group was created from 29 people by whom KRT (5–10 sessions) was carried out. The assessment of efficiency and safety of KRT was carried out on a clinical picture and parameters of heart rate variability (HRV) before, after, and during KRT. The Control group consisted of 19 patients receiving only standard treatment. To exclude hyperventilation syndrome, capnometry was performed before the start of the KRT session to determine the FetCO2 individual norm for the certain patient to control the training process in a particular session. After each active sample, the concentration of carbon dioxide in the air exhaled by the patient was measured, and when it decreased below 95% of the initial value, the depth of breathing was adjusted. The use of capnometry in the study avoided adverse events during the sessions.  During carrying out of KRT, and after KRT worsening of the clinical picture at patients of the main group was not observed. HRV analysis at patients of the main group showed that after the end of KRT decrease in an index of tension (p &lt; 0,05), an increase in an indicator of the general dispersion of heart rate (p &lt; 0,05), and also a tendency to increase of vagal part of total power during spectral analysis (р=0,05) was observed. Normalization of heart rate and arterial pressure, growth of cardiorespiratory index, and index of a variation took place, cardiorespiratory synchronization was restored. Persons from the control group had no such changes.  Thus, the application of KRT realizing a mode of functional bio management of heart rate, as the instrument of psychophysiological support of standard medicament therapy showed the efficiency of its use in the program of rehabilitation of patients with myocardial infarction. The result of a comprehensive approach is the reduction of sympathetic and increase of vagal influences on heart rate, normalization of the main indicators of the cardiovascular system.


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