• Journal of critical care · Dec 2013

    Initial fractal exponent of heart rate variability is associated with success of early resuscitation in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock: a prospective cohort study.

    • Samuel M Brown, Quinn Tate, Jason P Jones, Daniel B Knox, Kathryn G Kuttler, Michael Lanspa, Matthew T Rondina, Colin K Grissom, Subhasis Behera, V J Mathews, and Alan Morris.
    • Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Intermountain Medical Center, Murray, UT; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT. Electronic address: Samuel.Brown@imail.org.
    • J Crit Care. 2013 Dec 1; 28 (6): 959-63.

    IntroductionHeart rate variability (HRV) reflects autonomic nervous system tone as well as the overall health of the baroreflex system. We hypothesized that loss of complexity in HRV upon intensive care unit (ICU) admission would be associated with unsuccessful early resuscitation of sepsis.MethodsWe prospectively enrolled patients admitted to ICUs with severe sepsis or septic shock from 2009 to 2011. We studied 30 minutes of electrocardiogram, sampled at 500 Hz, at ICU admission and calculated heart rate complexity via detrended fluctuation analysis. Primary outcome was vasopressor independence at 24 hours after ICU admission. Secondary outcome was 28-day mortality.ResultsWe studied 48 patients, of whom 60% were vasopressor independent at 24 hours. Five (10%) died within 28 days. The ratio of fractal alpha parameters was associated with both vasopressor independence and 28-day mortality (P = .04) after controlling for mean heart rate. In the optimal model, Sequential Organ Failure Assessment score and the long-term fractal α parameter were associated with vasopressor independence.ConclusionsLoss of complexity in HRV is associated with worse outcome early in severe sepsis and septic shock. Further work should evaluate whether complexity of HRV could guide treatment in sepsis.© 2013.

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