Closed-loop control of propofol anaesthesia

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BritishJournalofAnaesthesia83(2):223–8(1999)Closed-loopcontrolofpropofolanaesthesiaG.N.C.Kenny1*andH.Mantzaridis21UniversityDepartmentofAnaesthesia,GlasgowRoyalInfirmary,8–16AlexandraParade,

GlasgowG312ER,UK.2DepartmentofAnaesthetics,VictoriaInfirmaryNHSTrust,Langside,

GlasgowG429TY,UK

*Correspondingauthor

Wedescribetheuseofaclosed-loopsystemtocontroldepthofpropofolanaesthesiaautomatically.Weusedtheauditoryevokedpotentialindex(AEPindex)astheinputsignalof

thissystemtovalidateitasatruemeasureofdepthofanaesthesia.AuditoryevokedpotentialswereacquiredandprocessedinrealtimetoprovidetheAEPindex.TheAEPindexwasusedina

proportionalintegral(PI)controllertodeterminethetargetbloodconcentrationofpropofolrequiredtoinduceandmaintaingeneralanaesthesiaautomatically.Westudied100spon-taneouslybreathingpatients.ThemeanAEPindexbeforeinductionofanaesthesiawas73.5(

SD

17.6),duringsurgicalanaesthesia37.8(4.5)andatrecoveryofconsciousness89.7(17.9).

Twenty-twopatientsrequiredassistedventilationbeforeincision.Afterincision,ventilationwasassistedinfourofthese22patientsformorethan5min.Therewasnoincidenceofintraoperativeawarenessandallpatientswerepreparedtohavethesameanaestheticinfuture.Movementinterferingwithsurgerywasminimal.Cardiovascularstabilityandoverallcontrolofanaesthesiaweresatisfactory.

BrJAnaesth1999;83:223–8Keywords:anaesthesia,depth;anaesthesia,general;anaestheticsi.v.,propofol;memory;brain,evokedpotentials;monitoring,evokedpotentials

Acceptedforpublication:March2,1999

Anaesthesiahasbeendefinedas‘thatstatewhichensuresthesuppressionofthesomaticandvisceralsensorycomponents,andthustheperceptionofpain’.1Beforetheintroductionofneuromuscularblockingdrugsintoanaestheticpractice,movementofthepatientprovidedaclearindicationofdepthofanaesthesia.However,whenneuromuscularblockingdrugsareadministered,theavailabilityofpatientmovementasavaluablesignoftheinadequacyofanaesthe-siaislostandreliancehasbeenplacedonindirectsigns.Therehavebeenmanyreportsofpatientsbeingawareduringsurgery2–5andconsiderableeffortshavebeenmadetodevelopareliableindexofdepthofanaesthesia.Auditoryevokedpotentials(AEP)havebeenreportedtofulfilmanyoftherequirementsformeasurementofthelevelofanaesthesia.6–10Inparticular,theAEPhasbeenshowntoprovidegooddiscriminationofthetransitionfromasleeptoawakeandviceversa.1011WehavedevelopedasystemtoobtainasingleindexwhichrepresentsthemorphologyoftheAEP12–15andusedthisindexastheinputsignalforclosed-loopanaesthesia(CLAN)duringsurgeryinpatientswhodidnotreceiveneuromuscularblockingdrugs.PatientsandmethodsAfterobtainingapprovalfromtheHospitalEthicsCommit-teeforevaluationoftheCLANsystemandwritteninformed©BritishJournalofAnaesthesiaconsent,westudied100ASAIorIIpatients,meanage50(range19–83)yrandmeanweight66(40–108)kg,undergoingbodysurfacesurgery.Allwereabletounder-standthepurposeofthestudy.Therewerenootherexclusioncriteria.Patientsreceivedtemazepamforpremedicationapproximately1hbeforesurgery.Youngpatientsreceivedtemazepam30mgandolderpatientsreceivedtemazepam20mg.Day-casepatientsdidnotreceivepremedication.

AuditoryevokedpotentialacquisitionIntheoperatingtheatre,patientswereconnectedtotheCLANsystem.AEPwereobtainedusingasystemdescribedpreviously10–14fromthreeelectrodesplacedattherightmastoid(ϩ)andmiddleforehead(–),withFp2asthereference.Theamplifierwascustom-builtwitha5-kVmedicalgradeisolation.Ithadacommonmoderejectionratio(CMRR)of170dBwithbalancedsourceimpedance,inputvoltagenoiseof0.3µV(10Hz–1kHzrms)andcurrentinputnoiseof4pA(0.05Hz–1kHzrms).Athird-orderButterworthanalogueband-passfilterwithabandwidthof1–220Hzwasused.Theclickswere70dBabovethenormalhearinglevelandhadadurationof1ms.Theywerepresentedatarateof6.9s–1tobothears.The

amplifiedEEGwassampledatafrequencyof1778Hzbya12-bitanalogue-to-digitalconverterandwasprocessedinreal-timebyamicrocomputer.KennyandMantzaridisTable1Inductionalgorithm.Step2wasrepeateduptothreetimes.ThealgorithmwasinterruptedandthesystemswitchedtotheproportionalintegralcontrolalgorithmwhenthedesiredAEPindexwasobtainedPremedicatedUnpremedicated(n⍧67)(n⍧33)Step1Initialtargetpropofolconcentration2.0µgml–14.0µgml–1Waitfor50s40sStep2Increasetargetby1.0µgml–11.5µgml–1Waitfor50s40sRepeatupto3times3timesStep3Thereafterincreasetargetby1.0µgml–11.5µgml–1Every60s60sAEPwereproducedbyaveraging256sweepsof144msduration.Thetimerequiredtohaveafullupdateofthesignalwas36.9s,butamovingtimeaveragingtechniqueallowedafasterresponsetimetoanychangeinthesignal.AEPwereobtainedat3-sintervalsandtheAEPindex(AEPindex),amathematicalderivativereflectingthemorpho-logyoftheAEP,wascalculatedautomatically.TheAEPindexisdefinedasthesumofthesquarerootoftheabsolutedifferencebetweeneverytwosuccessivesegmentsoftheAEPwaveform.11–14The3-srunningaverageoftheAEPindexwasenteredintoaproportionalintegral(PI)controlalgorithm.Thealgorithmcalculatedtherequiredalterationinthetargetbloodconcen-trationofpropofolfromthedifferencebetweenthemeasuredAEPindexandthecontrolvalueoftheAEPindex(AEPindexcontrol)selectedbytheanaesthetist.Thenewvalueforthetargetpropofolconcentrationwastransmittedtothetarget-con-trolledinfusion(TCI)systemwhichusedapharmacokineticmodel16toachieveandmaintaintherequiredtargetconcen-trationsetbythePIcontrolalgorithm.ThevaluefortheAEPindexwasrecordedwiththepatientawakeandtheanticipatedAEPindexcontrolforsatisfactoryanaesthesiawasenteredintotheCLANsystem.PreviousexperienceusingtheAEPindexasamonitoroftheadequacyofanaesthesia1115suggestedarangeof30–40fortheAEPindexcontrol.AnaesthesiawasinducedautomaticallybytheCLANsystemusingapredeterminedseriesofincreasingtargetbloodpropofolconcentrations(Table1)untiltheAEPindexwasequaltotheselectedAEPindexcontrolϩ10.There-after,controlofanaesthesiawasachievedbytransmittingthetargetbloodpropofolconcentrationcalculatedbythePIalgorithmtotheinfusionsystemandmaintainingthemeasuredAEPindexclosetotheselectedAEPindexcontrol.Atargetplasmaconcentrationofalfentanil15ngml–1wasachievedbeforeinductionandwasmaintainedthroughoutsurgery.17Duringmaintenanceofanaesthesia,patientsbreathedamixtureof66%nitrousoxideinoxygen.Alaryngealmaskairwaywasinsertedinallpatientstomaintainaclearairwayandtoallowmonitoringofventil-atoryfrequencyandend-tidalcarbondioxidepartialpres-sure.Arterialoxygensaturationwasmonitoredcontinuously224Table2Anaestheticandsurgicaltimes.Durationsaremean(SD)[range]minDurationofinduction3.7(1.4)[1.3–8.9]Startofinductiontoincision12.4(3.8)[5.6–27.9]Incisiontoendofsurgery37.9(26.4)[4.4–123.8]Endofsurgerytorecovery6.6(4.6)[0.0–17.9]Durationofanaesthesia56.9(28.4)[19.7–156.3]