• Yoko Kawaguchi, Tetsuya Kushikata, Masatou Kitayama, and Kazuyoshi Hirota.
• Department of Anesthesiology, University of Hirosaki School of Medicine, Hirosaki.
• Masui. 2006 Dec 1;55(12):1502-5.

AbstractTo maintain adequate hepatic oxygen supply during intra-operative period is very important to prevent post-operative liver failure after hepatectomy. One of the most useful monitors is hepatic venous oxygen saturation. In the same way, central venous oxygen saturation can evaluate balance between oxygen supply and demand, and its cannulation is easier and safer than that for hepatic and mixed venous oxygen saturation. Two cases of hepatectomy performed with the monitoring of continuous central venous oxygen saturation using PreSep Central Venous Oximetry Catheter (Edwards Lifesciences) suffered from massive bleeding. For the management of the circulation and organ oxygenation, the monitoring of continuous central venous oxygen saturation was very simple and useful in these cases.

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