Monitorización hemodinámica intraoperatoria con ecocardiografía transesofágica: Experiencia clínica

Autor: Emilio Santelices C, M Carolina Cabrera Sch, Rodrigo Hernández V
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: Revista médica de Chile v.132 n.7 2004
SciELO Chile
CONICYT Chile
instacron:CONICYT
ISSN: 0034-9887
DOI: 10.4067/s0034-98872004000700006
Popis: Background: Transesophageal echocardiography allows a semi-invasive hemodynamic monitoring, during cardiac and non cardiac surgery. The benefits of such surveillance must be assessed, since it may help to change patient management. Aim: To assess the usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography during surgical procedures in critical patients. Material and methods: Based on the indications of the North American Societies of Cardiology and Anesthesiology, 264 patients were monitored using a multiplanar transducer. The type of surgery, insertion difficulties, quality of visualization, complications and usefulness of the method were recorded. Results: One hundred eleven cardiac and 153 non cardiac surgical procedures were monitored. In 97% of cases, visualization was good. In 2 cases, it was impossible to obtain a transgastric axis. No complications of the procedure were recorded. The method was useless in nine patients, helpful to change drug and volume management in 126 (48%) patients, helpful to change perioperative management in 49 (19%) patients and was a substitute for pulmonary artery catheterization in 79 (30%) patients. Conclusions: Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography is a safe technique that renders high quality images, with a low incidence of complications and that, when well indicated, orients therapeutic changes in 98% of patients (Rev Méd Chile 2004: 132: 823-31)
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