Comparison of cardiac output as assessed by transesophageal echo-Doppler and transpulmonary thermodilution in patients undergoing thoracic surgery

Autor: Christoph Ellenberger, Cidgem Inan, Marc Licker, Yann Villiger, John Robert, John Diaper, Jean-Marie Tschopp
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. 22:97-103
ISSN: 0952-8180
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2009.03.013
Popis: Study Objective To evaluate the accuracy of cardiac index (CI) as measured by echo-transesophageal Doppler monitoring (echo-TDM) with CI measured by the transpulmonary thermodilution technique. Design Prospective, observational study. Setting University hospital. Patients 16 patients scheduled for elective lung cancer resection. Interventions Patients underwent two-lung ventilation (TLV) and one-lung ventilation (OLV). Measurements and Main Results CI measurements were analyzed using Bland-Altman plots. Absolute values of CI as measured by both devices were highly correlated (r 2 ranging from 0.72 to 0.77), as were relative changes in CI after the start of OLV (r 2 = 0.48, P = 0.006). Before, during, and after OLV, TDM-CI biases were 0.46 ± 0.28 L/min/m 2 , 0.25 ± 0.18 L/min/m 2 , and 0.35 ± 0.29 L/min/m 2 , respectively. Limits of agreement remained stable throughout the three measurement periods (range −1.08 to 0.21 L/min/m 2 ). The mean percentage error of CI measurements was 21.9% compared with the thermodilution technique. Although no adverse events were reported, 11% of measurement sets were incomplete due to poor signal detection. Conclusions Echo-TDM is a safe technique, allowing continuous semi-invasive assessment of hemodynamic changes in most patients undergoing open-chest surgery. Doppler-derived CI values showed significant biases and moderate clinical agreement with transpulmonary thermodilution during TLV and OLV.
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