• Matthias Vienne, Emmanuel Haas, Thibaut Wipf, Lelia Grunebaum, François Levy, Laurent Sattler, Hoang Minh Tam T, François Severac, Charles Tacquard, Olivier Collange, Paul-Michel Mertes, and Annick Steib.
• From the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care (MV, EH, TW, FL, CT, OC, P-MM, AS), Laboratory of Haemostasis (LG, LS), Department of Cardiac Surgery, NHC (THM) and Department of BioStatistics (FS), Federation de Medecine Translationelle, University Hospital, Strasbourg, France.
• Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2018 Aug 1; 35 (8): 613-620.

BackgroundAnticoagulation during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is usually adapted to total body weight (TBW). This may be inaccurate in obese patients and lead to heparin overdose with a risk of bleeding.ObjectivesTo validate the efficacy and safety of an adjusted calculation model of heparin dosing based on ideal body weight (IBW) rather than TBW in obese CPB patients, with an expected target mean plasma heparin concentration of 4.5 IU ml after onset of CPB in the experimental group.DesignRandomised controlled study.SettingUniversity hospital.PatientsSixty obese patients (BMI ≥ 30 kg m) scheduled for CPB were included from January to June 2016.InterventionsPatients received a bolus dose of unfractionated heparin of either 300 IU kg of TBW or 340 IU kg of IBW before onset of CPB. Additional adjusted boluses were injected to maintain an activated clotting time (ACT) of at least 400 s.Main Outcome MeasuresPlasma heparin concentration and ACT were measured at different time points. Total heparin doses and transfusion requirements were recorded.ResultsThe target heparin concentration of 4.5 IU ml was reached in the IBW group at the onset of CPB and maintained at all time points during CPB. Heparin concentrations were significantly higher in the TBW group after the bolus (6.52 ± 0.97 vs. 4.54 ± 1.13 IU ml, P < 0.001) and after cardioplegia (5.10 ± 1.03 vs. 4.31 ± 1.00 IU ml, P = 0.02). Total heparin doses were significantly higher in the TBW group. Mean ACT was significantly lower in the IBW group but remained over 400 s during CPB. The correlation between heparin and ACT was poor. Peri-operative bleeding and transfusion requirements were comparable. No thrombotic event occurred in the CPB circuit.ConclusionThe current IBW-adjusted regimen of heparin administration may be used efficiently in obese CPB patients, thereby avoiding overdose which cannot be accurately assessed by ACT monitoring alone.Trial RegistrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT02675647.

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