Effect of clonidine on heart rate variability during spinal anaesthesia: randomized clinical trial

Hermes Melo Teixeira Batista; Solange Kelly Lima Araújo; Galba Matos Cardoso de Alencar Júnior; Luiz Carlos de Abreu; Italla Maria Pinheiro Bezerra; Andrés Ricardo Pérez Riera

doi:10.5114/ait.2023.130821

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Effect of clonidine on heart rate variability during spinal anaesthesia: randomized clinical trial

Hermes Melo Teixeira Batista

^{1, 2}

,

Solange Kelly Lima Araújo

²

,

Galba Matos Cardoso de Alencar Júnior

²

,

Luiz Carlos de Abreu

¹

,

Italla Maria Pinheiro Bezerra

³

,

Andrés Ricardo Pérez Riera

¹

Centro Universitário Faculdade de Medicina do ABC (FMABC), Brazil
SRSUL/SESA, Brazil
Escola Superior de Ciências da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Vitória (EMESCAM), Vitória – ES, Brazil

Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther 2023; 55, 3: 218–222

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ait.2023.130821

Online publish date: 2023/08/31

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Teixeira Batista H, Lima Araújo S, de Alencar Júnior G, de Abreu L, Pinheiro Bezerra I, Pérez Riera A. Effect of clonidine on heart rate variability during spinal anaesthesia: randomized clinical trial. Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy. 2023;55(3):218-222. doi:10.5114/ait.2023.130821.

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Teixeira Batista, H., Lima Araújo, S., de Alencar Júnior, G., de Abreu, L., Pinheiro Bezerra, I.,  & Pérez Riera, A. (2023). Effect of clonidine on heart rate variability during spinal anaesthesia: randomized clinical trial. Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy, 55(3), 218-222. https://doi.org/10.5114/ait.2023.130821

Chicago

Teixeira Batista, Hermes Melo, Solange Kelly Lima Araújo, Galba Matos Cardoso de Alencar Júnior, Luiz Carlos de Abreu, Italla Maria Pinheiro Bezerra,  and Andrés Ricardo Pérez Riera. 2023. "Effect of clonidine on heart rate variability during spinal anaesthesia: randomized clinical trial". Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy 55 (3): 218-222. doi:10.5114/ait.2023.130821.

Harvard

Teixeira Batista, H., Lima Araújo, S., de Alencar Júnior, G., de Abreu, L., Pinheiro Bezerra, I.,  and Pérez Riera, A. (2023). Effect of clonidine on heart rate variability during spinal anaesthesia: randomized clinical trial. Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy, 55(3), pp.218-222. https://doi.org/10.5114/ait.2023.130821

MLA

Teixeira Batista, Hermes Melo et al. "Effect of clonidine on heart rate variability during spinal anaesthesia: randomized clinical trial." Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy, vol. 55, no. 3, 2023, pp. 218-222. doi:10.5114/ait.2023.130821.

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Teixeira Batista H, Lima Araújo S, de Alencar Júnior G, de Abreu L, Pinheiro Bezerra I, Pérez Riera A. Effect of clonidine on heart rate variability during spinal anaesthesia: randomized clinical trial. Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy. 2023;55(3):218-222. doi:10.5114/ait.2023.130821.

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Introduction:
Spinal anaesthesia consists of administering a local anaesthetic in the subarachnoid space, thus causing sensory, motor, and autonomic nerve conduction block. Currently, recovery from spinal anaesthesia is evaluated by the return of motor function, without considering the autonomic blockade, which is responsible for most complications of the technique. Heart rate variability (HRV) is an indirect method to measure the autonomic nervous system and may be useful in assessing autonomic recovery after spinal anaesthesia. The study objective was to evaluate the autonomic function, through HRV, at the moment of return of motor function in patients who received spinal anaesthesia when clonidine is used as an adjuvant.

Material and methods:
This was a randomised, double-blind clinical trial. The sample consisted of 64 ASA I–II patients who underwent spinal anaesthesia and were divided into 2 groups. Group C received 20 mg of bupivacaine with 75 mcg of clonidine, and group B received 20 mg of bupivacaine. HRV was evaluated at rest (T1) and at the time of motor function recovery (T2). Data were collected using a Polar V800® heart rate monitor and then analysed and filtered using Kubios 3.0® software.

Results:
There was no difference in the values of the low-frequency/high-frequency (LF/HF) ratio, Poincaré plot standard deviation (SD2/SD1), detrended fluctuation analysis (DFAα1, DFAα2), or correlation dimension (D2) indices in any of the groups between the 2 moments. In the clonidine group, there was a difference only in approximate entropy (ApEn), where a P of 0.0124 was obtained considering a 95% confidence interval ranging from 17.83 to 141.47.

Conclusions:
There was no significant difference between the duration of sympathetic blockade and motor blockade in spinal anaesthesia.

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Effect of clonidine on heart rate variability during spinal anaesthesia: randomized clinical trial

Hermes Melo Teixeira Batista 1, 2 , Solange Kelly Lima Araújo 2 , Galba Matos Cardoso de Alencar Júnior 2 , Luiz Carlos de Abreu 1 , Italla Maria Pinheiro Bezerra 3 , Andrés Ricardo Pérez Riera 1

autonomic nervous system, entropy, heart rate, spinal anaesthesia

Hermes Melo Teixeira Batista

^{1, 2}

,

Solange Kelly Lima Araújo

²

,

Galba Matos Cardoso de Alencar Júnior

²

,

Luiz Carlos de Abreu

¹

,

Italla Maria Pinheiro Bezerra

³

,

Andrés Ricardo Pérez Riera

¹