Veno-arterial CO2 difference and cardiac index in children after cardiac surgery

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Giulia Insom ◽  
Eleonora Marinari ◽  
Anna Francesca Scolari ◽  
Cristiana Garisto ◽  
Vincenzo Vitale ◽  
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Abstract Veno-arterial CO2 difference has been considered as a marker of low cardiac output. This study aimed to evaluate the correlation between veno-arterial CO2 difference and cardiac index estimated by MostCareTM in children after cardiac surgery and its association with other indirect perfusion parameters and the complex clinical course (vasoactive inotropic score above 15 or length of stay above 5 days). Data from 40 patients and 127 arterial and venous CO2 measurements for gap calculation taken 0–5 days postoperatively were available. The median (range) veno-arterial CO2 difference value was 9 (1–25 mmHg). The correlation between veno-arterial CO2 difference and cardiac index was not significant (r: −0.16, p = 0.08). However, there was a significant correlation between veno-arterial CO2 difference and vasoactive inotropic score (r: 0.21, p = 0.02), systolic arterial pressure (r: −0.43, p = 0.0001), dP/dtMAX (r: 0.26, p = 0.004), and arterio-venous O2 difference (r: 0.63, p = 0.0001). Systolic arterial pressure (OR 0.95, 95% CI 0.90–0.99), dP/dtMAX (OR 0.00, 95% CI 0.00–0.06), lactates (OR 1.87, 95% CI 1.21–3.31), and veno-arterial CO2 difference (OR 1.13, 95% CI 1.01–1.35) showed a significant univariate association with the complex clinical course. In conclusion, veno-arterial CO2 difference did not correlate with cardiac index estimated by MostCareTM in our cohort of post-cardiosurgical children, but it identified patients with the complex clinical course, especially when combined with other direct and indirect variables of perfusion.

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-167
Author(s):  
J.L. Pérez Vela ◽  
J.J. Jiménez Rivera ◽  
M.Á. Alcalá Llorente ◽  
B. González de Marcos ◽  
H. Torrado ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Vol 55 (S 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Deiters ◽  
H Welp ◽  
J Graf ◽  
A Löher ◽  
S Schneider ◽  
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Author(s):  
G.G. Khubulava ◽  
A.B. Naumov ◽  
S.P. Marchenko ◽  
O.Yu. Chupaeva ◽  
A.A. Seliverstova ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Alves Franco ◽  
Juliano Pinheiro de Almeida ◽  
Giovanni Landoni ◽  
Thomas W. L. Scheeren ◽  
Filomena Regina Barbosa Gomes Galas ◽  
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Abstract Background The detrimental effects of inotropes are well-known, and in many fields they are only used within a goal-directed therapy approach. Nevertheless, standard management in many centers includes administering inotropes to all patients undergoing cardiac surgery to prevent low cardiac output syndrome and its implications. Randomized evidence in favor of a patient-tailored, inotrope-sparing approach is still lacking. We designed a randomized controlled noninferiority trial in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with normal ejection fraction to assess whether an dobutamine-sparing strategy (in which the use of dobutamine was guided by hemodynamic evidence of low cardiac output associated with signs of inadequate tissue perfusion) was noninferior to an inotrope-to-all strategy (in which all patients received dobutamine). Results A total of 160 patients were randomized to the dobutamine-sparing strategy (80 patients) or to the dobutamine-to-all approach (80 patients). The primary composite endpoint of 30-day mortality or occurrence of major cardiovascular complications (arrhythmias, acute myocardial infarction, low cardiac output syndrome and stroke or transient ischemic attack) occurred in 25/80 (31%) patients of the dobutamine-sparing group (p = 0.74) and 27/80 (34%) of the dobutamine-to-all group. There were no significant differences between groups regarding the incidence of acute kidney injury, prolonged mechanical ventilation, intensive care unit or hospital length of stay. Discussion Although it is common practice in many centers to administer inotropes to all patients undergoing cardiac surgery, a dobutamine-sparing strategy did not result in an increase of mortality or occurrence of major cardiovascular events when compared to a dobutamine-to-all strategy. Further research is needed to assess if reducing the administration of inotropes can improve outcomes in cardiac surgery. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02361801. Registered Feb 2nd, 2015. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02361801


2004 ◽  
Vol 32 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. A49
Author(s):  
Heather Dickerson ◽  
Antonio R Mott ◽  
Jack F Price ◽  
Anthony C Chang ◽  
Pertti K Suominen ◽  
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