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Table I. Clinical data of 371 elderly patients undergoing abdominal operation [n (%)].
Sevoflurane Propofol χ2 or t p
group (n=203) group (n=168)
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Table II. Comparisons of cognitive function at different time points between the two groups of patients.
Sevoflurane Propofol t p
group (n=203) group (n=168)
Table III. Changes in the level of CD16+/CD56+ at different time points between the two groups of patients.
Sevoflurane Propofol t p
group (n=203) group (n=168)
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Figure 2. Changes in the level of CD4+ in patients at dif- Figure 3. Changes in the level of CD4+/CD8+ in patients at
ferent time points in the sevoflurane group and the propofol different time points in the sevoflurane group and the propofol
group. At T1 and T4, there are no significant differences in the group. At T1 and T4, there are no significant differences in the
levels of CD4+ in patients between the sevoflurane group and levels of CD4+/CD8+ in patients between the sevoflurane group
the propofol group (p>0.05). At T2 and T3, the levels of CD4+ and the propofol group (p>0.05). At T2 and T3, the levels of
in the sevoflurane group are significantly higher than those in CD4+/CD8+ in the sevoflurane group are significantly higher
the propofol group (p<0.05). Compared with that at T1, the than those in the propofol group (p<0.05). Compared with that
levels of CD4+ at T2 and T3 are markedly decreased in both at T1, the levels of CD4+/CD8+ at T2 and T3 decline in both
groups (p<0.05), but the decrease in the level of CD4+ at T4 groups (p<0.05), but the decline in the level of CD4+/CD8+ at
is not statistically significant (p>0.05), and the decrease de- T4 is not statistically significant (p>0.05), and the decline de-
gree in the sevoflurane group is lower. Note: * The difference gree in the sevoflurane group is lower. Note: * The difference
is statistically significant compared with that at T1 (p<0.05). is statistically significant compared with that at T1 (p<0.05).
ty and physiological function12. Reports13 have patients and the slow-down cell-mediated im-
pointed out that excessive stress responses in the mune responses reduce the immune function in
perioperative period will increase the incidence patients17. Hence, applying effective methods for
rate of cognitive dysfunction after the operation. alleviating perioperative cognitive dysfunction
Postoperative cognitive dysfunction is one of the and improving immune function inhibition in
common complications in the central nervous elderly patients and selecting suitable anesthetics
system in patients after surgical anesthesia, and are particularly important.
its incidence rate in elderly patients can be as At present, propofol is generally applied in
high as over 45%14. Reversible mental distur- anesthesia maintenance, anesthesia induction and
bances and disorders in such aspects as memory, postoperative analgesia sedation in clinical prac-
orientation and attention in the short term or tice. It is a new-type anesthetic with short-term
long term are manifestations of postoperative effects18, characterized by short-acting time in
cognitive dysfunction, which causes postoper- anesthesia induction and short recovery time19.
ative complications and increases the mortality However, the relatively low analgesic effect of
rate on the one hand, and prolongs the recovery propofol will lead to the reduced cerebral blood
time and results in waste of medical resources flow as well as lowered intracranial pressure and
on the other hand, thus posing serious impacts cerebral oxygen consumption, thereby causing
on patients and their family members15. In addi- respiratory depression and circulatory inhibition
tion, as the surgical anesthesia in elderly patients accompanied with temporary respiratory arrest
increases the body’s stress responses, soluble and blood pressure reduction. Moreover, the oc-
immunosuppressive factors will be produced in currence rate of postoperative adverse reactions
the body, which suppresses the immune function (such as nausea, vomiting, dizziness and headache)
of elderly patients, thus decreasing the immune is higher20. Sevoflurane, as a new-type inhalation
function level16. Meanwhile, the decreased num- anesthetic frequently used in clinical practice with
ber of T lymphocytes and NK cells in elderly special pharmacological effects, achieves anes-
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thetic efficacy by inhibiting N-methyl-D-aspartate patients (p<0.05), but the decreases in the levels of
receptors21. With good performance, sevoflurane CD3+, CD4+ and CD4+/CD8+ at T4 were not statis-
has such characteristics as stable hemodynamics, tically significant (p>0.05), and the decline degree
a small amount of muscle relaxant and short post- in the sevoflurane group was lower. The results of
operative recovery time. Additionally, sevoflurane this study are consistent with those of Sidiropoulou
is administrated through inhalation, and the occur- et al24 on the effects of different anesthetics on the
rence rate of airway complications is low. Sevo- perioperative immune function in patients under-
flurane alleviates the stress responses in patients going laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Sevoflurane
by limiting the inflammatory responses caused by is an anesthetic for abdominal operation in elderly
endotoxins22. In this work, the effects of anesthesia patients, which can increase the levels of T lympho-
on perioperative cognitive and immune function cytes and NK cells, so it is worthy of promotion and
in elderly patients were observed by detecting the application in clinical practice.
MMSE score as well as changes in the levels of T In this experiment, the limited medical re-
lymphocytes and NK cells in serum at each time sources in Jiangxi Provincial People’s Hospital
point in elderly patients undergoing the abdominal and the small number of the selected subjects
operation. may lead to some contingency in the results.
We showed that at T1, there was no signifi- Besides, differences in responses after anesthesia
cant difference in the MMSE score between the caused by different genders or age grades were
two groups of patients (p>0.05). After patients not excluded from this experiment. Therefore,
woke up from anesthesia with different drugs, the longer-term follow-up investigations will be con-
MMSE scores at T2, T3, and T4 in the sevoflu- ducted for the research subjects, and our experi-
rane group were higher than those in the propofol ment will be continuously improved in the future
group, displaying statistically significant differenc- to achieve the optimal experimental results.
es (p<0.05). The MMSE scores at T2, T3 and T4
were markedly decreased compared with that at T1
in the two groups (p<0.05). According to recent Conclusions
studies23, propofol can enhance the expression of
cell synapses in the hippocampal CIA region of We found that applying sevoflurane as an
elderly patients, thus leading to cognitive dysfunc- anesthetic for abdominal operation in elderly
tion in elderly patients. During the operation, the patients is a more effective method for alle-
body will produce inflammatory responses, and viating perioperative cognitive dysfunction and
selecting an appropriate anesthetic will make the improving immune function inhibition in elderly
immune function in elderly patients more stable. patients, so it is worthy of clinical promotion.
There were no significant differences in the levels of
CD16+/CD56+ at T1 and T4 between the sevoflurane
group and the propofol group (p>0.05). The levels Conflict of Interests
of CD16+/CD56+ at T2 and T3 in the sevoflurane The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
group were markedly increased compared with
those in the propofol group (p<0.05). Compared
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