Background: Remimazolam is a novel short-acting benzodiazepine characterized by metabolism independent from organ function. We report intraoperative MEP responses of two patients who underwent spine surgery under general anesthesia using remimazolam. Case presentation: In case 1, MEP monitoring was successfully performed with the use of a fixed dose of remimazolam at 0.5 mg/kg/h and remifentanil at 0.2 μg/kg/min. In case 2, an increasing dose of remimazolam from 0.5 to 1.5 mg/kg/h during the operation did not affect MEP signals. In both cases, remimazolam was titrated to maintain the values of entropy electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring at 40–60. Conclusions: General anesthesia using remimazolam and remifentanil can be a valuable alternative for spine surgery with MEP monitoring by EEG to assess the optimal dose.
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Kondo, T., Toyota, Y., Narasaki, S., Watanabe, T., Miyoshi, H., Saeki, N., & Tsutsumi, Y. M. (2020). Intraoperative responses of motor evoked potentials to the novel intravenous anesthetic remimazolam during spine surgery: a report of two cases. JA Clinical Reports, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40981-020-00401-z
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