title: Effect of vecuronium and pancuronium on cardiac performance and transmural myocardial perfusion during ketamine anaesthesia.
abstract: The haemodynamic effects of vecuronium and pancuronium were studied in 20 healthy patients during diazepam/ketamine anaesthesia. Anaesthesia was induced with glycopyrrolate 3 micrograms/kg, diazepam 0.3 mg/kg and ketamine 1.0 mg/kg as a bolus and 1.0 mg/kg over 10 min. After induction, anaesthesia was maintained with ketamine infusion 1.0 mg/kg/h. The lungs were ventilated with 50% nitrous oxide in oxygen. Equipotent doses of vecuronium (74 micrograms/kg) or pancuronium (99 micrograms/kg) were administered for intubation. The thoracic impedance, ECG and phonocardiogram were recorded during the induction of anaesthesia. The results suggest that vecuronium has no cardiovascular effects during ketamine anaesthesia, whereas pancuronium due to its chronotropic effect, causes a deterioration in left ventricular performance.
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D002307:Cardiography, Impedance; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007649:Ketamine; D010197:Pancuronium / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D011897:Random Allocation; D014673:Vecuronium Bromide
chemical_list: D007649:Ketamine; D014673:Vecuronium Bromide; D010197:Pancuronium