Journal of clinical monitoring and computing
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J Clin Monit Comput · Apr 2012
Comparative StudyImpact of non invasive and beat-to-beat arterial pressure monitoring on intraoperative hemodynamic management.
The Nexfin device allows for non-invasive beat-to-beat blood pressure monitoring (BP(NXF)). Perioperative hypotension and hypertension have been shown to be associated with poor clinical outcomes. The goal of the present study was to assess the ability of this device to decrease the duration of significant intraoperative hypo- or hypertension compared to standard BP monitoring by cuff (BP(CUFF)). ⋯ If hemodynamic changes seen by SBP(NXF) were appropriately treated, an average of 7 ± 1 min/h of hypotension time, 7 ± 2 min/h of hypertension time and 14 ± 3 min per hour of hypo- or hypertension time may have been identified. The Nexfin BP has the potential to decrease the time of hypotension and hypertension compared to conventional intermittent BP(CUFF) monitoring. Therefore, this device has the potential to positively impact clinical outcomes.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Apr 2012
Comparative StudyContinuous minimally invasive peri-operative monitoring of cardiac output by pulmonary capnotracking: comparison with thermodilution and transesophageal echocardiography.
A number of technologies are available for minimally-invasive cardiac output measurement in patients during surgery but remain little used. A system has been developed based on CO(2) elimination (VCO(2)) by the lungs for use in ventilated patients, which can be fully integrated into a modern anesthesia/monitoring platform, and provides semi-automated, continuous breath-by-breath cardiac output monitoring. A prototype measurement system was constructed to measure VCO(2) and end-tidal CO(2) concentration with each breath. ⋯ The method followed sudden changes in cardiac output due to arrythmias and run onto cardiopulmonary bypass in real time. The accuracy and precision were comparable to other clinical techniques. The method is relatively seamless and largely automated and has potential for continuous, cardiac output monitoring in ventilated patients during anesthesia and critical care.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Apr 2012
Comparative StudyPulse-plethysmographic variables in hemodynamic assessment during mannitol infusion.
Plethysmographic signal using pulse oximetry may be used to assess fluid status of patients during surgery as it resembles arterial pressure waveform. This will avoid placement of invasive arterial lines. This study was designed to find out whether intravascular volume changes induced by mannitol bolus in neurosurgical patients are detected by variations in arterial pressure and plethysmographic waveforms and also to assess the strength of correlation between different variables derived from these two waveforms. ⋯ The correlation between ∆SPV-∆Pl-PV, ∆PPV-∆Pl-AV and ∆SPV-∆BP-Pleth time lag were significant (r = 0.3; P < 0.01). SPV and time lag had no significant interaction. Pl-PV correlates well with SPV following mannitol infusion and can be used as an alternative to SPV. (BP-Pleth) time-lag promises to be an important parameter in assessing the state of peripheral vascular resistance and deserves further investigation.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Apr 2012
Peripherally inserted central catheters are equivalent to centrally inserted catheters in intensive care unit patients for central venous pressure monitoring.
To determine the equivalency of pressure measurements from peripherally inserted central catheters(PICCs) versus centrally inserted central venous catheters(CVCs) in vitro as well as in vivo. The in vitro study was performed in a clinical laboratory. Static pressure measurements from PICCs and CVCs were obtained in vitro over a physiologic range of 5–25 mmHg. ⋯ The paired CVP measurements were found to be highly reliable across subjects (r = 0.99, P<0.0001). No significance in the average difference in CVP measurement (PICC–CVC) was determined by the Wilcoxon Signed Rank test (S = 1,P = 0.93). In conclusion, PICCs are equivalent to CVCs when measuring static and dynamic pressure in vitro and CVP in ICU patients.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Apr 2012
Comparative StudyArterial pressure waveform derived cardiac output FloTrac/Vigileo system (third generation software): comparison of two monitoring sites with the thermodilution cardiac output.
The present study was conducted to study the effect of monitoring site, radial or femoral, for arterial pressure waveform derived cardiac output using FloTrac/Vigileo system with third generation software version 3.02 during cardiac surgery. The cardiac output derived from the two sites was also compared to the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) derived cardiac output to reevaluate the relation between them using the newer software. The effect of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) was also studied by doing the sub analysis before and after bypass. ⋯ The post CPB precision of FEMCO was 1.2 times of PACCO while that of RADCO was 1.7 times of PACCO. The third generation of FloTrac/Vigileo system shows good correlation between the radial and femoral derived cardiac outputs in both pre and post bypass periods. The newer software correlates better to PAC derived cardiac output in the post bypass period for femoral artery than radial artery.