Effect of Dexmedetomidine on Plasmatic Cortisol Response in Transsphenoidal Surgery

Summary

Use of dexmedetomidine in pituitary tumor resection surgery as adjuvant drug and its relation to cortisol levels during postoperative period.

Timeline

Start

2015-09

Primary completion

2017-07

Completion

2017-08

Publications

• Background Carrasco CA, Villanueva G P. [Selective use of glucocorticoids during the perioperative period of transsphenoidal surgery for pituitary tumors]. Rev Med Chil. 2014 Sep;142(9):1113-9. doi: 10.4067/S0034-98872014000900004. Spanish.
• Background Hout WM, Arafah BM, Salazar R, Selman W. Evaluation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis immediately after pituitary adenomectomy: is perioperative steroid therapy necessary? J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1988 Jun;66(6):1208-12. doi: 10.1210/jcem-66-6-1208.
• Background Ali Z, Prabhakar H, Bithal PK, Dash HH. Bispectral index-guided administration of anesthesia for transsphenoidal resection of pituitary tumors: a comparison of 3 anesthetic techniques. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2009 Jan;21(1):10-5. doi: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e3181855732.
• Background Bhana N, Goa KL, McClellan KJ. Dexmedetomidine. Drugs. 2000 Feb;59(2):263-8; discussion 269-70. doi: 10.2165/00003495-200059020-00012.
• Background Gopalakrishna KN, Dash PK, Chatterjee N, Easwer HV, Ganesamoorthi A. Dexmedetomidine as an Anesthetic Adjuvant in Patients Undergoing Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Tumor. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2015 Jul;27(3):209-15. doi: 10.1097/ANA.0000000000000144.
• Background Raekallio MR, Kuusela EK, Lehtinen ME, Tykkylainen MK, Huttunen P, Westerholm FC. Effects of exercise-induced stress and dexamethasone on plasma hormone and glucose concentrations and sedation in dogs treated with dexmedetomidine. Am J Vet Res. 2005 Feb;66(2):260-5. doi: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.260.
• Background Mukhtar AM, Obayah EM, Hassona AM. The use of dexmedetomidine in pediatric cardiac surgery. Anesth Analg. 2006 Jul;103(1):52-6, table of contents. doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000217204.92904.76.
• Background Nomikos P, Ladar C, Fahlbusch R, Buchfelder M. Impact of primary surgery on pituitary function in patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas -- a study on 721 patients. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2004 Jan;146(1):27-35. doi: 10.1007/s00701-003-0174-3. Epub 2004 Jan 7.
• Background Bekker A, Haile M, Kline R, Didehvar S, Babu R, Martiniuk F, Urban M. The effect of intraoperative infusion of dexmedetomidine on the quality of recovery after major spinal surgery. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2013 Jan;25(1):16-24. doi: 10.1097/ANA.0b013e31826318af.

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