Objective To observe the effects of intravenous infusion with different doses of norepinephrine on hemodynamic changes in elderly patients after anesthesia induction, so as to explore the effectiveness and appropriate dosage. Methods We included 160 selective operation patients aged 75 and older who underwent general anaesthesia from August 2018 to February 2020 in Chongqing University Cancer Hospital. Patients were randomly divided into four groups (n=40). In control group, patients received saline infusion, while in three norepinephrine groups, the infusion rate was 0.025, 0.050, and 0.075 μg/(kg·min) respectively. Hemodynamic changes and the incidence of cardiac adverse events were recorded before anesthesia induction (T0), before intubation (T1), immediately after intubation (T2), 1 min (T3), 3 min (T4), 5 min (T5), 10 min (T6) after intubation, and immediately in skin incision (T7). The primary outcome was the frequency of hypotension. The Secondary outcome was the frequency of hypertension and bradycardia. Results The systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of patients in four groups showed a tendency to change with time and group at different time points, and the time effect, group effect and interaction effect all existed (P<0.05). SBP and DBP significantly increased in group C and group D than in group A at the time T1-T7, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The heart rate (HR) of patients in four groups showed a trend of changing with time at different time points, and the time effect existed (P<0.05), while there was no group effect nor interaction effect (P>0.05). Compared with group A, HR had no significant change in group B, group C and group D at time T1-T7, and the difference was not statistically significant (P>0.05). The incidence of hypotension was significantly lower in group C and group D than in group A, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.007 1). The incidence of hypertension and bradycardia presented no statistically significant difference among the four groups (P>0.05). Conclusions The infusion rates of norepinephrine at 0.050 and 0.075 μg/(kg·min) are safe and effective in preventing hypotension after anesthesia induction in elderly patients. |