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The effects of two kinds of induction speed of sevoflurane anesthesia on the EEG pattern were compared in the same individual using medical student volunteers: a first exposure of 4% was given, followed after full recovery, by incremental doses of 1, 2 and 4% successively, each being administered for 10 min. The arterial blood level of the anesthetic was measured using gaschrornatograph. The changes of EEG pattern during fast induction with 4% were not represented by the abbreviation of those observed during the slow induction with the incremental doses. The administration of 4% induced a sudden appearance of high voltage, rhythmic slow waves of 2–3 Hz at 1–3 min when the arterial blood anesthetic level increased maximally, which was then followed by a pattern of faster activities of 10—14 Hz mixed with 5–8 Hz slow waves. In contrast, the administration of incremental doses induced an increase in frequency and amplitude of EEG activities in the light plane, followed by their decreases in deeper planes. The final EEG patterns were identical for both these methods of induction. These findings confirmed our previous hypothesis that not only the arterial blood level of anesthetics but the rate of its increase are important factors determining the EEG pattern of anesthesia.
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Dr. Avramov, Visiting Research Fellow from Bulgaria, was supported by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan.
Supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research No. 59440064, from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan, and grants by the Niwa Medical Research Foundation and Yanase Memorial Foundation.
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Avramov, M.N., Shingu, K., Omatsu, Y. et al. Effects of different speeds of induction with sevoflurane on the EEG in Man. J Anesth 1, 1–7 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/s0054070010001
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