The comparative amnestic effects of midazolam, propofol, thiopental, and fentanyl at equisedative concentrations

Anesthesiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 749-764

  Veselis, Robert A ^a,b   Reinsel, Ruth A ^d   Feshchenko, Vladimir A ^d   Wroński, Marek ^c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Analgesics, opioids: fentanyl; Anesthetics, intravenous: midazolam, propofol, thiopental; Barbiturates: thiopental; Benzodiazepines: midazolam; Memory, recall and recognition; Modeling, pharmacokinetic pharmacodynamic; Sedation

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; ONDANSETRON; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG POTENCY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEDATION;

ADULT; AMNESIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FENTANYL; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MEMORY; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

EID: 0030662689     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-199710000-00007     Document Type: Article

References (68)

1. White PF, Negus JB. Sedative infusions during local and regional anesthesia: A comparison of midazolam and propofol. J Clin Anesth 1991; 3:32-9
2. Ghouri AF, Taylor E, White PF: Patient-controlled drug administration during local anesthesia: A comparison of midazolam, propofol, and alfentanil. J Clin Anesth 1992; 4:476-9
3. Taylor E, Ghouri AF, White PF: Midazolam in combination with propofol for sedation during local anesthesia. J Clin Anesth 1992; 4:213-6
4. Gale DW, Grissom TE, Mirenda JV: Titration of intravenous anesthetics for cardioversion: A comparison of propofol, methohexital, and midazolam. Crit Care Med 1993; 21:1509-13
5. Donker AG, Phaf RH, Porcelijn T, Bonke B: Processing familiar and unfamiliar auditory stimuli during general anesthesia. Anesth Analg 1996; 82:452-5
6. Polster MR, Gray PA, O'Sullivan G, McCarthy RA, Park GR: Comparison of the sedative and amnesic effects of midazolam and propofol. Br J Anaesth 1993; 70:612-6
7. Chortkoff BS, Gonsowski CT, Bennett HL, Levinson B, Crankshaw DP, Dutton RC, Ionescu P, Block RI, Eger EI II: Subanesthetic concentrations of desflurane and propofol suppress recall of emotionally charged information. Anesth Analg 1995; 81:728-36
8. Zacny JP, Lichtor JL, Coalson DW, Finn RS, Uitvlugt AM, Glosten B, Flemming DC, Apfelbaum JL: Subjective and psychomotor effects of subanesthetic doses of propofol in healthy volunteers. ANESTHESIOLOGY 1992; 76:696-702
9. Leslie K, Sessler DI, Schroeder M, Walters K: Propofol blood concentration and the Bispectral Index predict suppression of learning during propofol/epidural anesthesia in volunteers. Anesth Analg 1995; 81:1269-74
10. Pang R, Quartermain D, Rosman E, Turndorf H: Effect of propofol on memory in mice. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1993; 44:145-51
11. Smith I, Monk TG, White PF, Ding Y: Propofol infusion during regional anesthesia: Sedative, amnestic, and anxiolytic properties. Anesth Analg 1994; 79:313-9
12. Nordstrom O, Sandin R: Recall during intermittent propofol anaesthesia. Br J Anaesth 1996; 76:699-701
13. Veselis RA, Reinsel RA, Wronski M, Marino P, Tong WP, Bedford RF: EEG and memory effects of low dose infusions of propofol. Br J Anaesth 1992, 69:246-54
14. Kelly JS, Roy RC: Intraoperative awareness with propofol-oxygen total intravenous anesthesia for microlaryngeal surgery. ANESTHESIOLOGY 1992; 77:207-9
15. Rupreht J: Awareness with amnesia during total intravenous anaesthesia with propofol [Letter]. Anaesthesia 1989; 44:1005
16. Hughes MA, Glass PS, Jacobs JR: Context-sensitive half-time in multicompartment pharmacokinetic models for intravenous anesthetic drugs. ANESTHESIOLOGY 1992; 76:334-41
17. Oken BS, Kishiyama SS, Salinsky MC: Pharmacologically induced changes in arousal: Effects on behavioral and electrophysiological measures of alertness and attention. EEG Clin Neurophysiol 1995; 95:359-71
18. Fioravanti M, Di Cesare F: Memory improvements and pharmacological treatment: A method to distinguish direct effects on memory from secondary effects due to attention improvement. Int Psychogeriatrics 1992; 4:119-26
19. Andreasen NC, O'Leary DS, Arndt S, Cizadlo T, Hurtig R, Rezai K, Watkins GL, Ponto LL, Hichwa RD: Short-term and long-term verbal memory: A positron emission tomography study. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:5111-5
20. Grasby PM, Frith CD, Friston KJ, Bench C, Frackowiak RS, Dolan RJ: Functional mapping of brain areas implicated in auditory-verbal memory function. Brain 1993; 116:1-20
21. Kinomura S, Larsson J, Gulyas B, Roland P: Activation by attention of the human reticular formation and thalamic intralaminar nuclei. Science 1996; 271:512-5
22. Petrides M, Alivisatos B, Evans AC: Functional activation of the human ventrolateral frontal cortex during mnemonic retrieval of verbal information. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1995; 92:5803-7
23. Posner MI: Attention: The mechanisms of consciousness. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:7398-403
24. Veselis RA, Reinsel RA, Feshchenko VA, DiResta G, Mawlawi O, Beattie B, Silbersweig D, Stern E, Blasberg R, Macapinlac H, Finn R, Goldsmith S, Larsen S: Cerebral blood flow changes during midazolam sedation using O-15 positron emission tomography (PET) [Abstract]. ANESTHESIOLOGY 1995; 83:A154
25. Alkire MT, Haier RJ, Barker SJ, Shah NK, Wu JC, Kao YJ: Cerebral metabolism during propofol anesthesia in humans studied with positron emission tomography. ANESTHESIOLOGY 1995; 82:393-403
26. Firestone LL, Gyulai F, Mintun M, Adler LJ, Urso K, Winter PM: Human brain activity response to fentanyl imaged by positron emission tomography. Anesth Analg 1996; 82:1247-51
27. Osborn AG, Bunker JP, Cooper LM, Frank GS, Hilgard ER: Effects of thiopental sedation on learning and memory. Science 1967; 157:574-6
28. A receptor/chloride channel complex in anesthesia. ANESTHESIOLOGY 1993; 78:757-76
29. Veselis RA, Reinsel RA, Feshchenko VA, Wronski M, Dnistrian A, Dutchers S, Wilson R: Impaired memory and behavioral performance with fentanyl at low plasma concentrations. Anesth Analg 1994; 79:952-60
30. Rudman D: Assessment of nutritional status, Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, volume 1, 11th Edition. Edited by Braunwald E, Isselbacher KJ, Petersdorf RG, Wilson JD, Martin JB, Fauci AS. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1987:390-3
31. Glass PSA, Jacobs JR, Quill TJ: Intravenous drug delivery systems, Drug Infusions in Anesthesiology. Edited by Fragen RJ. New York, Raven Press, 1991:23-61
32. Veselis RA, Glass PSA, Dnistrian A, Reinsel R: Performance of Computer Assisted Continuous Infusion (CACI) at low concentrations of intravenous sedatives. Anesth Analg 1997; 84:1049-57
33. Norris H: The action of sedatives on brain stem oculomotor systems in man. Neuropharmacology 1971; 10:181-91
34. Ghoneim MM, Dembo JB, Block RI: Time course of antagonism of sedative and amnesic effects of diazepam by flumazenil. ANESTHESIOLOGY 1989; 70:899-904
35. Holford NH, Sheiner LB: Understanding the dose-effect relationship: Clinical application of pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic models. Clin Pharmacokinetics 1981; 6:429-53
36. Wills RJ: Basic pharmacodynamic concepts and models, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Development Perspectives in Clinical Pharmacology. Edited by Cutler NR, Sramek JJ, Narang PK. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1994:3-17
37. Reinsel RA, Veselis RA, Duff M, Feshchenko V: Comparison of implicit and explicit memory during conscious sedation with four sedative-hypnotic agents, Memory and Awareness in Anaesthesia III. Edited by Bonke B, Bovill JG, Moerman N. Assen, the Netherlands, van Gorcum, 1996:41-56
38. Armitage P, Berry G: Statistical methods in medical research, 3rd Edition. Boston, Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1994
39. Ghoneim MM, Mewaldt SP: Benzodiazepines and human memory: A review. ANESTHESIOLOGY 1990; 72:926-38
40. Lister RG: The amnesic action of benzodiazepines in man. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 1985; 9:87-94
41. Lister RG, Weingartner HJ: Neuropharmacological strategies for understanding psychobiological determinants of cognition. Hum Neurobiol 1987; 6:119-27
42. McGaugh JL: Involvement of hormonal and neuromodulatory systems in the regulation of memory storage. Annu Rev Neurosci 1989; 12:255-87
43. Polster MR: Drug-induced amnesia: Implications for cognitive neuropsychological investigations of memory. Psychol Bull 1993; 114:477-93
44. Lockhart RS, Craik FIM: Levels of processing: A retrospective commentary on a framework for memory research. Can J Psychol 1990; 44:87-112
45. Gustafsson LL, Ebling WF, Osaki E, Stanski DR: Quantitation of depth of thiopental anesthesia in the rat. ANESTHESIOLOGY 1996; 84:415-27
46. Persson MP, Nilsson A, Hartvig P: Relation of sedation and amnesia to plasma concentrations of midazolam in surgical patients. Clin Pharmacol Ther 1988; 43:324-32
47. Glass PS: Prevention of awareness during total intravenous anesthesia [Letter; Comment]. ANESTHESIOLOGY 1993; 78:399-400
48. Giersch A, Boucart M, Danion JM, Vidailhet P, Legrand F: Effects of lorazepam on perceptual integration of visual forms in healthy volunteers. Psychopharmcology 1995; 119:105-14
49. Paivio A: Dual coding theory: Retrospect and current status. Can J Psychol 1991; 45:255-87
50. Stenberg G, Radeborg K, Hedman LR: The picture superiority effect in across-modality recognition task. Memory Cognition 1995; 23:424-41
51. Richardson-Klavehn A, Bjork RA: Measures of memory. Annu Rev Psychol 1988; 36:475-543
52. Wolkowitz OM, Tinklenberg JR, Weingartner H: A psychopharmacological perspective of cognitive functions. II. Specific pharmacologic agents. Neuropsychobiology 1985; 14:133-56
53. Hilgenberg JC: Intraoperative awareness during high-dose fentanyl-oxygen anesthesia. ANESTHESIOLOGY 1981; 54:341-3
54. Mummaneni N, Rao TL, Montoya A: Awareness and recall with high-dose fentanyl-oxygen anesthesia. Anesth Analg 1980; 59:948-9
55. Purdell LJ, Blair DM, McLeod CA: Studies in fentanyl-supplemented anaesthesia: Awareness and effect of naloxone on early post-operative recovery. Can Anaesth Soc J 1981; 28:57-61
56. Schwender D, Kaiser A, Klasing S, Peter K, Poppel E: Midlatency auditory evoked potentials and explicit and implicit memory in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. ANESTHESIOLOGY 1994; 80:493-501
57. Phillips AA, McLean RF, Devitt JH, Harrington EM: Recall of intraoperative events after general anaesthesia and cardiopulmonary bypass. Can J Anaesth 1993; 40:922-6
58. Meneses A, Hong E: Effect of fluoxetine on learning and memory involves multiple 5-HT systems. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1995; 52:341-6
59. Hong E, Meneses A: Systemic injection of p-chloroamphetamine eliminates the effect of the 5-HT3 compounds on learning. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 1996; 53:765-9
60. Weingartner H, Rudorfer MV, Buchsbaum MS, Linnoila M: Effects of serotonin on memory impairments produced by ethanol. Science 1983; 221:472-4
61. Little JT, Broocks A, Martin A, Hill JL, Tune LE, Mack C, Cantillon M, Molchan S, Murphy DL, Sunderland T: Serotonergic modulation of anticholinergic effects on cognition and behavior in elderly humans. Psychopharmacology 1995; 120:280-8
62. Patcl SV: Pharmacotherapy of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease: A review. J Ger Psychiatry Neurol 1995; 8:81-95
63. Harris JG, Cullum CM, Puente AE: Effects of bilingualism on verbal learning and memory in Hispanic adults. J Int Neuropsychol Soc 1995; 1:10-6
64. Lezak MD: Neuropsychological assessment, 3rd Edition. New York Oxford University Press, 1995.
65. Reinsel RA, Veselis RA, Duff M, Feshchenko V: Quantitative comparison of drug-induced amnesic effects: Choice of measures from a verbal learning task, Memory and Awareness in Anaeshesia III. Edited by Bonke B, Bovill JG, Moerman N. Assen, the Netherlands, van Gorcum, 1996:71-83
66. Thorndike EL, Lorge I: The teacher's word book of 30,000 words. New York, Columbia University Teacher's College Bureau of Publications, 1944
67. Paivio A, Yuille JC, Madigan SA: Concreteness, imagery, and meaningfulness values for 925 nouns. J Exp Psychol Monogr 1968; 76(1, Part 2)
68. Christian J, Bickley W, Tarka M, Clayton K: Measures of free recall of 900 English nouns: Correlations with imagery, concreteness, meaningfulness, and frequency. Memory Cognition 1978; 6:379-90