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  • Title: Neuromuscular effects of respiratory and metabolic acid-base changes in vitro with and without nondepolarizing muscle relaxants.
    Author: Ono K, Nagano O, Ohta Y, Kosaka F.
    Journal: Anesthesiology; 1990 Oct; 73(4):710-6. PubMed ID: 1977334.
    Abstract:
    The effects of metabolic (bicarbonate, [HCO3]) and respiratory (carbon dioxide, PCO2) acid-base changes on indirectly elicited twitch tension with and without nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents were compared in a rat phrenic nerve-hemidiaphragm preparation. Ionized calcium [Ca2+] and magnesium [Mg2+] concentrations in the modified Krebs' solution were measured and kept constant. Likewise, twitch was altered when pH changes were produced by altering either PCO2 or [HCO3]. Decreasing pH either by increasing PCO2 or by decreasing [HCO3] significantly decreased (P less than 0.01) twitch, by 9.5 +/- 0.6 (SEM, n = 8) and 10.6 +/- 1.5%, respectively. Increasing pH by decreasing PCO2 or by increasing [HCO3] significantly increased (P less than 0.01) twitch, by 5.6 +/- 0.9 and 7.9 +/- 0.6%, respectively. After a partial depression of twitch by nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents, the effects of PCO2 and [HCO3] changes were again assessed. Decreasing pH by increasing PCO2 or by decreasing [HCO3] intensified d-tubocurarine (dTc) (28.2 +/- 1.6 and 32.0 +/- 2.9%, respectively) and vecuronium (23.0 +/- 1.4 and 36.8 +/- 3.2%, respectively) block, whereas it reversed metocurine (1.2 +/- 2.2% NS and 2.9 +/- 1.3%, respectively) and pancuronium (8.3 +/- 1.5 and 11.5 +/- 3.0%, respectively) block. Conversely, increasing pH by decreasing PCO2 or by increasing [HCO3] antagonised dTc (12.8 +/- 2.2 and 13.6 +/- 1.8%, respectively) and vecuronium (25.3 +/- 1.7 and 25.0 +/- 3.0%, respectively) block, whereas it potentiated metocurine (4.2 +/- 0.6 and 8.0 +/- 1.1%, respectively) and pancuronium (11.0 +/- 1.2 and 17.5 +/- 2.0%, respectively) block. Except where indicated, all changes in block described above were statistically significant.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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