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  • Title: Effects of different concentrations of sevoflurane and desflurane on subcortical somatosensory evoked responses in anaesthetized, non-stimulated patients.
    Author: Vaugha DJ, Thornton C, Wright DR, Fernandes JR, Robbins P, Doré C, Brunner MD.
    Journal: Br J Anaesth; 2001 Jan; 86(1):59-62. PubMed ID: 11575411.
    Abstract:
    Twenty-four patients were recruited and given either sevoflurane or desflurane as their sole anaesthetic. Each patient was given sequentially increasing or decreasing doses at 0.5 MAC intervals, and the median nerve somatosensory evoked response recorded after an equilibration at each concentration. The N20-P25 and P25-N35 amplitudes decreased with increasing agent concentration. However, for both agents the P15-N20 amplitude response was quadratic in shape. The peak inflection points were at 3.2% for sevoflurane and 4.9% for desflurane. There were no differences between the ascending and descending groups. This increase in activity in the midbrain at 'surgical' end-tidal anaesthetic concentrations suggests more complex neuroelectrical responses to anaesthesia than simple global suppression.
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