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ArticleBMC medicine2019

Dissecting genetic factors affecting phenylephrine infusion rates during anesthesia: a genome-wide association study employing EHR data.

Yanfei Zhang, S Mark Poler, Jiang Li, Vida Abedi, Sarah A Pendergrass, Marc S Williams, Ming Ta Michael Lee

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Article in BMC medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Yanfei ZhangGenomic Medicine Institute, Geisinger, Danville, PA, 17822, USA.
S Mark PolerDepartment of Anesthesiology, Geisinger, Danville, PA, 17822, USA.
Jiang LiBiomedical Translational Informatics Institute, Geisinger, Danville, PA, 17822, USA.
Vida AbediBiomedical Translational Informatics Institute, Geisinger, Danville, PA, 17822, USA.
Sarah A PendergrassBiomedical Translational Informatics Institute, Geisinger, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Marc S WilliamsGenomic Medicine Institute, Geisinger, Danville, PA, 17822, USA.
Ming Ta Michael LeeGenomic Medicine Institute, Geisinger, Danville, PA, 17822, USA. mlee2@geisinger.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2510-8977
Geisinger Medical Center · US

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Abstract

backgroundThe alpha-adrenergic agonist phenylephrine is often used to treat hypotension during anesthesia. In clinical situations, low blood pressure may require prompt intervention by intravenous bolus or infusion. Differences in responsiveness to phenylephrine treatment are commonly observed in clinical practice. Candidate gene studies indicate genetic variants may contribute to this variable response.

methodsPharmacological and physiological data were retrospectively extracted from routine clinical anesthetic records. Response to phenylephrine boluses could not be reliably assessed, so infusion rates were used for analysis. Unsupervised k-means clustering was conducted on clean data containing 4130 patients based on phenylephrine infusion rate and blood pressure parameters, to identify potential phenotypic subtypes. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) were performed against average infusion rates in two cohorts: phase I (n = 1205) and phase II (n = 329). Top genetic variants identified from the meta-analysis were further examined to see if they could differentiate subgroups identified by k-means clustering.

resultsThree subgroups of patients with different response to phenylephrine were clustered and characterized: resistant (high infusion rate yet low mean systolic blood pressure (SBP)), intermediate (low infusion rate and low SBP), and sensitive (low infusion rate with high SBP). Differences among clusters were tabulated to assess for possible confounding influences. Comorbidity hierarchical clustering showed the resistant group had a higher prevalence of confounding factors than the intermediate and sensitive groups although overall prevalence is below 6%. Three loci with P < 1 × 10

conclusionsRetrospective analysis of electronic anesthetic records data coupled with the genetic data identified genetic variants contributing to variable sensitivity to phenylephrine infusion during anesthesia. Although the identified top gene, EDN2, has robust biological relevance to vasoconstriction by binding to endothelin type A (ET

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Adrenergic alpha-1 Receptor AgonistsAdultAnesthesiaBlood PressureFemaleGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansHypotensionInfusions, IntravenousPhenylephrinePregnancyRetrospective StudiesAdrenergic alpha-1 Receptor AgonistsPhenylephrineAnesthesiaEDN2Electronic health records (EHR)GWASHypotensionPharmacogenomicsPhenylephrineUnsupervised clusteringVasoconstriction

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