Tariq M Wani1, Mohammed Hakim2, Archana Ramesh3, Shabina Rehman4, Yasser Majid5, Rebecca Miller6, Dmitry Tumin6, Joseph D Tobias6. 1. Department of Anesthesia, Pediatric Division, Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar. 2. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH, 43205, USA. mohammed.hakim@nationwidechildrens.org. 3. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Nebraska, USA. 4. Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, University of West Virginia, Morgantown, USA. 5. Department of Anesthesia, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 6. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive, Columbus, OH, 43205, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Preoperative factors have been correlated with pre-incision hypotension (PIH) in children undergoing surgery, suggesting that PIH can be predicted through preoperative screening. We studied blood pressure (BP) changes in the 12 min following the induction of anesthesia to study the incidence of post-induction hypotension and to assess the feasibility of predicting PIH in low-risk children without preoperative hypotension or comorbid features. METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated 200 patients ranging in age from 2 to 8 years with American Society of Anesthesiologists' (ASA) physical status I or II, undergoing non-cardiac surgery. Patients were excluded if they had preoperative (baseline) hypotension (systolic blood pressure (SBP) < 5th percentile for age). BP and heart rate (HR) were recorded at 3 min intervals for 12 min after the induction of anesthesia. Pre-incision hypotension (PIH) was initially defined as SBP < 5th percentile for age: (1) at any timepoint within 12 min of induction; (2) for the median SBP obtained during the 12 min study period; or (3) at 2 or more timepoints including the final point at 12 min after the induction of anesthesia (sustained hypotension). In addition, we examined PIH defined as > 20% decrease in SBP from baseline: (4) at any timepoint within 12 min of the induction of anesthesia; (5) for the median SBP obtained during the 12 min study period; or (6) at two or more timepoints including the final point at 12 min after the induction of anesthesia. Agreement among the six definitions was analyzed, in addition to the effects of age, gender, type of anesthetic induction, use of premedication, preoperative BP, preoperative HR, and body mass index on the incidence of PIH according to each definition. RESULTS: Five patients were excluded due to baseline hypotension and six were excluded for missing data. In the remaining cohort, estimated PIH prevalence ranged from 4% [definition (Stewart et al., in Paediatr Anaesth 26:844-851, 2016), sustained PIH according to SBP percentile-for-age] to 57% [definition (Task Force on Blood Pressure Control in Children, in Pediatrics 79:1-25, 1987), at least one timepoint where SBP was > 20% lower than baseline]. Pairwise agreement among the six definitions ranged from 49 to 91% agreement. No sequelae of PIH were noted during subsequent anesthetic or postoperative care. On multivariable analysis, no covariates were consistently associated with PIH risk across all six definitions of PIH. CONCLUSION: The present study describes the incidence and prediction of PIH in a cohort of relatively healthy children. In this setting, accurate prediction of PIH appears to be hampered by lack of agreement between definitions of PIH. Overall, there was a low PIH incidence when the threshold of SBP < 5th percentile for age was used. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.
BACKGROUND: Preoperative factors have been correlated with pre-incision hypotension (PIH) in children undergoing surgery, suggesting that PIH can be predicted through preoperative screening. We studied blood pressure (BP) changes in the 12 min following the induction of anesthesia to study the incidence of post-induction hypotension and to assess the feasibility of predicting PIH in low-risk children without preoperative hypotension or comorbid features. METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated 200 patients ranging in age from 2 to 8 years with American Society of Anesthesiologists' (ASA) physical status I or II, undergoing non-cardiac surgery. Patients were excluded if they had preoperative (baseline) hypotension (systolic blood pressure (SBP) < 5th percentile for age). BP and heart rate (HR) were recorded at 3 min intervals for 12 min after the induction of anesthesia. Pre-incision hypotension (PIH) was initially defined as SBP < 5th percentile for age: (1) at any timepoint within 12 min of induction; (2) for the median SBP obtained during the 12 min study period; or (3) at 2 or more timepoints including the final point at 12 min after the induction of anesthesia (sustained hypotension). In addition, we examined PIH defined as > 20% decrease in SBP from baseline: (4) at any timepoint within 12 min of the induction of anesthesia; (5) for the median SBP obtained during the 12 min study period; or (6) at two or more timepoints including the final point at 12 min after the induction of anesthesia. Agreement among the six definitions was analyzed, in addition to the effects of age, gender, type of anesthetic induction, use of premedication, preoperative BP, preoperative HR, and body mass index on the incidence of PIH according to each definition. RESULTS: Five patients were excluded due to baseline hypotension and six were excluded for missing data. In the remaining cohort, estimated PIH prevalence ranged from 4% [definition (Stewart et al., in Paediatr Anaesth 26:844-851, 2016), sustained PIH according to SBP percentile-for-age] to 57% [definition (Task Force on Blood Pressure Control in Children, in Pediatrics 79:1-25, 1987), at least one timepoint where SBP was > 20% lower than baseline]. Pairwise agreement among the six definitions ranged from 49 to 91% agreement. No sequelae of PIH were noted during subsequent anesthetic or postoperative care. On multivariable analysis, no covariates were consistently associated with PIH risk across all six definitions of PIH. CONCLUSION: The present study describes the incidence and prediction of PIH in a cohort of relatively healthy children. In this setting, accurate prediction of PIH appears to be hampered by lack of agreement between definitions of PIH. Overall, there was a low PIH incidence when the threshold of SBP < 5th percentile for age was used. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II.
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