Journal of clinical monitoring and computing
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J Clin Monit Comput · Aug 2020
Observational StudyChanges in nonlinear dynamic complexity measures of blood pressure during anesthesia for cardiac surgeries using cardio pulmonary bypass.
Nonlinear complexity measures computed from beat-to-beat arterial BP dynamics have shown associations with standard cardiac surgical risk indices. They reflect the physiological adaptability of a system and has been proposed as dynamical biomarkers of overall health status. We sought to determine the impact of anesthetic induction and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) upon the complexity measures computed from perioperative BP time series. ⋯ Preoperative BP Complexity decreased significantly following anesthetic induction and did not recover to baseline until 30 min after surgery. Prevention of this significant fall may offer restoration of MSE∑ throughout surgery. Furthermore, preoperative BP complexity needs to be explored as a predictor of major postoperative adverse events by itself or in addition with the current risk indices.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Aug 2020
Comparative StudyA comparison of controlled ventilation with a noninvasive ventilator versus traditional mask ventilation.
After induction, but before intubation, many general anesthesia patients are manually bag-mask ventilated. The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of bag-mask ventilation (MkV) of an anesthetized patient versus mask ventilation using a noninvasive ventilator (NIV). We hypothesized that feedback-controlled, mask ventilation via NIV is more efficacious and safer. ⋯ It can deliver more optimal tidal volumes with the operator utilizing only one hand. The airway pressures are fixed at safe limits during a period where the goal is to reach a maximal level of oxygenation prior to intubation. Over-ventilation or over-pressurization of the airway is not a concern with NIV since the pressures are maintained well within safe thresholds to avoid injury.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Aug 2020
Facing SpO2 and SaO2 discrepancies in ICU patients: is the perfusion index helpful?
Peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) measured by pulse oximetry is an unreliable surrogate marker for arterial oxygenation (SaO2) in critically ill patients. We hypothesized that a higher perfusion index (PFI) would be associated with better accuracy of SpO2 measurement. We retrospectively collected SaO2, SpO2, and PFI data for each arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis in a cohort of intensive care unit patients. ⋯ The accuracy of pulse oximetry for estimating arterial oxygenation was moderate and improved little with increasing PFI values. Thus, the additive value of PFI in clinical decision making is limited. Therefore, we advise performing an ABG before adjusting fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO2) settings.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Aug 2020
ReviewDoes nociception monitor-guided anesthesia affect opioid consumption? A systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
Monitors that estimate nociception during anesthesia may be used to guide opioid and other analgesics administration to optimize anesthesia care and possibly outcome. We reviewed the literature to evaluate current evidence of the effect of nociception-guided management over standard anesthesia practice during surgery. A systematic review of the literature on the effect of nociception monitoring on anesthesia practice was conducted. ⋯ On secondary outcomes, no consistent effect of nociception-guided anesthesia could be established. Although some nociception monitors show promising results, no definitive conclusions regarding the effect of nociception monitoring on intraoperative opioid consumption or other anesthesia related outcome can be drawn. Clinical trial number PROSPERO ID 102913.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Aug 2020
Comparative StudyCardiac output estimation by multi-beat analysis of the radial arterial blood pressure waveform versus intermittent pulmonary artery thermodilution: a method comparison study in patients treated in the intensive care unit after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.
Cardiac output (CO) is a key hemodynamic variable that can be minimally invasively estimated by pulse wave analysis. Multi-beat analysis is a novel pulse wave analysis method. In this prospective observational clinical method comparison study, we compared CO estimations by multi-beat analysis with CO measured by intermittent pulmonary artery thermodilution (PATD) in adult patients treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB). ⋯ The percentage error was 40.7%. The four-quadrant plot-derived concordance rate was 88%. CO estimation by multi-beat analysis of the radial arterial blood pressure waveform (Argos monitor) shows reasonable agreement compared with CO measured by intermittent PATD in adult patients treated in the ICU after OPCAB.