• Intensive care medicine · Jul 1996

    Clinical Trial

    Automated infusion of nitroglycerin to control arterial hypertension during cardiac surgery.

    • S A Hoeksel, J J Schreuder, J A Blom, J G Maessen, and O C Penn.
    • Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Limburg, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
    • Intensive Care Med. 1996 Jul 1;22(7):688-93.

    ObjectiveTo evaluate the feasibility of closed-loop blood pressure control during cardiac surgery.DesignA closed-loop system regulated peroperative hypertension by controlling the infusion rate of the vasodilator nitroglycerin (NTG). The controller consisted of a regulator which was monitored by a supervisory computer program. Mean arterial pressure (MAP) was calculated every 5 s from measurements of the radial artery pressure signal. The regulator calculated an NTG infusion rate with each new MAP measurement. The supervisory computer program monitored the regulator's actions and adapted or overruled the regulator when required.SettingThe cardiac surgery operating room.Patients46 patients who were scheduled for cardiac surgery and who developed peroperative hypertension.InterventionsPatients were scheduled for either bypass or valve replacement surgery. The closed-loop system was used to control hypertension before and after cardiopulmonary bypass. The use of the closed-loop system did not require deviation from the protocol normally used during cardiac surgery. All patients received standard continuous anaesthesia with opioids.Measurements And ResultsInitial automatic control was achieved in 9.4 (4.1 SD) min. The percentage of time that MAP remained in a range around the target MAP of +/- 10 and +/- 20 mmHg was 74 and 94%, respectively. The mean NTG infusion rate while MAP was within 5 mmHg of target MAP was 1.14 (0.84 SD) micrograms kg-1 min-1. Target MAP was set between 65 and 90 mmHg. There was a small group of patients (6 out of 46) who did not respond to NTG and required alternative drug therapy.ConclusionsThe controller provided fast and stable control in all patients. The expert knowledge implemented through the supervisory computer program enabled the controller to respond adequately to the rapid changes in arterial pressures commonly associated with cardiac surgery. We conclude that closed-loop control of arterial pressure is feasible not only in the cardiac surgical care unit but also during cardiac surgery.

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