OBJECTIVES: This study analyzes hemodynamic changes in patients with cardiac valvular diseases submitted to dental treatment under local anesthesia containing epinephrine. METHODS: This randomized clinical trial was performed at the Dental Division of the Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil). Patients were separated into two groups with the help of an aleatory number table: 2% plain lidocaine (PL, n= 31) and 2% lidocaine with epinephrine (1:100,000) (LE, n= 28). Blood pressure, heart rate, oxygenation and electrocardiogram data were all recorded throughout the procedure. State and trait anxiety levels were measured. RESULTS: Fifty-nine patients were selected for the LE group (n=28), with an average age of 40.3 ± 10.9, or for the PL group (n=31), age 42.2 ± 10.3. No differences were shown in blood pressure, heart rate and pulse oximetry values before, during and after local anesthesia injection between the two groups. State and trait anxiety levels were not different. Arrhythmias observed before dental anesthesia did not change in shape or magnitude after treatment. Complaints of pain during the dental procedure were more frequent within the PL group, which received a higher amount of local anesthesia. CONCLUSION: Lidocaine with epinephrine (1:100,000) provided effective local anesthesia. This treatment did not cause an increase in heart rate or blood pressure and did not cause any arrhythmic changes in patients with cardiac valvular diseases
Introduction: This prospective, randomized double-blinded study investigated hemodynamic changes in valvular cardiac patients during dental treatment with the use of a local anesthesia containing epinephrine. Methods: The study was conducted in the Dental Department of the Instituto do Coração do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil 2004-2005). Patients were allocated into two groups through an aleatory numbered table: PL (plain 2% lidocaine, n= 31) and LE (2% lidocaine with 1:100.000 epinephrine, n= 28). The anesthetic amount was registered. DIXTAL monitor (São Paulo-Brazil) captured blood pressure, heart rate, oxygenation and electrocardiogram records. Results: 22 men and 37 women were included (LE age 40.3 ± 10.9 and PL age 42.2 ± 10.3). Blood pressure, heart rate and pulse oximetry values before, during and after local anesthesia injection did not show any difference between the two groups (P > 0.05). Any arrhythmias observed in some patients prior to dental anesthesia did not suffer alterations of shape or gravity after it. Complains of pain during dental procedure were more often in the PL group with a higher amount of local anesthesia needed. Conclusion: 2% lidocaine with epinephrine 1:100.000 showed a superior anesthetic efficiency without leading to hemodynamics changes in patients with cardiac valvular compromise.
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