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Relation of Various Parameters Used to Estimate Cardiac Vagal Activity and Validity of pNN50 in Anesthetized Humans

  • Lee, Jae Ho (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, College of Medicine, Ulsan University) ;
  • Huh, In Young (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, College of Medicine, Ulsan University) ;
  • Lee, Jae Min (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, College of Medicine, Ulsan University) ;
  • Lee, Hyung Kwan (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, College of Medicine, Ulsan University) ;
  • Han, Il Sang (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, College of Medicine, Ulsan University) ;
  • Kang, Ho Jun (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, College of Medicine, Ulsan University)
  • Received : 2017.11.21
  • Accepted : 2018.02.05
  • Published : 2018.12.31

Abstract

Objectives: Analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) has been used as a measure of cardiac autonomic function. According to the pNN50 statistic, the percentage of differences between successive normal RR intervals (RRI) that exceed 50 ms, has been known to reflect cardiac vagal modulation. Relatively little is known about the validity of pNN50 during general anesthesia (GA). Therefore, we evaluated the correlation of pNN50 with other variables such as HF, RMSSD, SD1 of HRV reflecting the vagal tone, and examined the validity of pNN50 in anesthetized patients. Methods: We assessed changes in RRI, pNN50, root mean square of successive differences of RRI (RMSSD), high frequency (HF) and standard deviation 1 (SD1) of $Poincar{\acute{e}}$ plots after GA using sevoflurane anesthesia. We also calculated the probability distributions for the family of pNNx statistics (x: 2-50 ms). Results: All HRV variables were significantly decreased during GA. HF power was not correlated with pNN50 during GA (r = 0.096, P = 0.392). Less than pNN47 was shown to have a correlation with other variables. Conclusions: These data suggest that pNN50 can not reflect the level of vagal tone during GA.

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