Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg.  2008 Feb;41(1):41-48.

Assessment of Parameters Measured with Volumetric Pulmonary Artery Catheter as Predictors of Fluid Responsiveness in Patients with Coronary Artery Occlusive Disease

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea. ylkwak@yuhs.ac
  • 2Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Korea.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Accurate assessment of the preload and the fluid responsiveness is of great importance for optimizing cardiac output, especially in those patients with coronary artery occlusive disease (CAOD). In this study, we evaluated the relationship between the parameters of preload with the changes in the stroke volume index (SVI) after fluid loading in patients who were undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The purpose of this study was to find the predictors of fluid responsiveness in order to assess the feasibility of using certain parameters of preload as a guide to fluid therapy. MATERIAL AND METHOD: We studied 96 patients who were undergoing CABG. After induction of anesthesia, the hemodynamic parameters were measured before (T1) and 10 min after volume replacement (T2) by an infusion of 6% hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 (10 mL/kg) over 20 min. RESULT: The right ventricular end-diastolic volume index (RVEDVI), as well as the central venous pressure (CVP) and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP), failed to demonstrate significant correlation with the changes in the SVI (%). Only the right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF) measured at T1 showed significant correlation with the changes of the SVI by linear regression (r=0.272, p=0.017). However, when the area under the curve of receiver operating characteristics (ROC) was evaluated, none of the parameters were over 0.7. The volume-induced increase in the SVI was 10% or greater in 31 patients (responders) and under 10% in 65 patients (non-responders). None of the parameters of preload measured at T1 showed a significant difference between the responders and non-responders, except for the RVEF.
CONCLUSION
The conventional parameters measured with a volumetric pulmonary artery catheter failed to predict the response of SVI following fluid administration in patients suffering with CAOD.

Keyword

Coronary artery bypass surgery; Pulmonary artery; Cardiac output

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia
Cardiac Output
Catheters
Central Venous Pressure
Coronary Artery Bypass
Coronary Vessels
Fluid Therapy
Hemodynamics
Hetastarch
Humans
Linear Models
Pulmonary Artery
Pulmonary Wedge Pressure
ROC Curve
Stress, Psychological
Stroke Volume
Hetastarch
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