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Narisawa A, Nakane M, Kano T, et al. Dexmedetomidine sedation during the nighttime reduced the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in cardiovascular surgery patients after tracheal extubation. J Intensive Care. 2015;3(1):26doi: 10.1186/s40560-015-0092-5.
Narisawa, A., Nakane, M., Kano, T., Momose, N., Onodera, Y., Akimoto, R., Kobayashi, T., Iwabuchi, M., Okada, M., Miura, Y., & Kawamae, K. (2015). Dexmedetomidine sedation during the nighttime reduced the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in cardiovascular surgery patients after tracheal extubation. Journal of intensive care, 3(1), 26. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40560-015-0092-5
Narisawa, Ayuka, et al. "Dexmedetomidine sedation during the nighttime reduced the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in cardiovascular surgery patients after tracheal extubation." Journal of intensive care vol. 3,1 (2015): 26. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40560-015-0092-5
Narisawa A, Nakane M, Kano T, Momose N, Onodera Y, Akimoto R, Kobayashi T, Iwabuchi M, Okada M, Miura Y, Kawamae K. Dexmedetomidine sedation during the nighttime reduced the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in cardiovascular surgery patients after tracheal extubation. J Intensive Care. 2015 May 30;3(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s40560-015-0092-5. eCollection 2015. PMID: 26060574; PMCID: PMC4460695.
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J Intensive Care. 2015 May 30;3(1):26. doi: 10.1186/s40560-015-0092-5. eCollection 2015.

Dexmedetomidine sedation during the nighttime reduced the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation in cardiovascular surgery patients after tracheal extubation.

Journal of intensive care

Ayuka Narisawa, Masaki Nakane, Takako Kano, Nozomi Momose, Yu Onodera, Ryo Akimoto, Tadahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Iwabuchi, Masayuki Okada, Yoshihide Miura, Kaneyuki Kawamae

Affiliations

  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, 2-2-2 Iida-nishi, Yamagata City, Yamagata 990-9585 Japan.
  2. Department of Intensive Care, Yamagata University Hospital, 2-2-2 Iida-nishi, Yamagata City, Yamagata 990-9585 Japan.
  3. Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, 1757 tobetsu-cho kanazawa, Ishikari-gun, Hokkaido 061-0293 Japan.

PMID: 26060574 PMCID: PMC4460695 DOI: 10.1186/s40560-015-0092-5

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Dexmedetomidine (Dex) provides sedation and analgesia by acting on central alpha-2 receptors and is suitable for use after extubation because it has little respiratory depression. Considering the sympathoinhibitory and anxiolytic action of Dex, there is the possibility that Dex might reduce the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF), which is recognized as a common complication after cardiovascular surgery. We investigated whether the postoperative incidence of AF decreased in patients who received Dex only during the nighttime in the intensive care unit (ICU).

METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed ICU charts to determine the incidence of AF and associated factors during the 2-day period after tracheal extubation in patients who underwent cardiovascular surgery from November 2009 to November 2010. The patients were divided into a Dex group (n = 16) and a non-Dex group (n = 29).

RESULTS: There were no differences in AF risk factors except for diabetes between the two groups. The average rate of Dex administration was 0.3 ± 0.2 μg/kg/h. There were also no differences between the groups in heart rate during the daytime, central venous pressure, body temperature, white blood cell count, serum level of C-reactive protein, catecholamine use, beta-blocker use, and amount of fentanyl. AF developed in one patient in the Dex group (6.3 %) and ten patients in the non-Dex group (34.5 %) during the observation period, and the difference was significant (p = 0.035). None of the risk factors for AF was significantly associated with AF in univariate analysis; however, multivariate logistic regression analysis using age, Dex use, and beta-blocker use, extracted because their p values in univariate analysis were not exceeding 0.15, showed that Dex use was the only factor associated with the development of AF (p = 0.045, odds ratio 9.75 [1.05-90.8]).

CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that adequate sedation with Dex during the nighttime can reduce the incidence of AF in cardiovascular surgery patients after extubation.

Keywords: After tracheal extubation; Atrial fibrillation; Cardiovascular surgery; Dexmedetomidine; Intensive care unit

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