Journal of clinical monitoring and computing
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J Clin Monit Comput · Apr 2021
Review Meta AnalysisComparison of common perioperative blood loss estimation techniques: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Estimating intraoperative blood loss is one of the daily challenges for clinicians. Despite the knowledge of the inaccuracy of visual estimation by anaesthetists and surgeons, this is still the mainstay to estimate surgical blood loss. This review aims at highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of currently used measurement methods. ⋯ The majority of the studies chose known imprecise procedures as the method of comparison. Colorimetric methods offer the highest degree of accuracy in blood loss estimation. Systems that use colorimetric techniques have a significant advantage in the real-time assessment of blood loss.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Apr 2021
Randomized Controlled Trial Observational StudyA randomized controlled study on the visual grading of the glottis and the hemodynamics response to laryngoscopy when using I-View and MacGrath Mac videolaryngoscopes in super obese patients.
Videolaryngoscopes improve visualization of glottic in morbidly obese patients. Super-obesity is one of the risk factors influencing probability of difficult mask ventilation and difficult intubation. Super-obese (BMI > 50 kg/m2) patients should be intubated either with fiberscope awake intubation or with video laryngoscopes. ⋯ The POGO score was better for McGrath Mac than for I-view videolaryngoscope, however, both devices allowed for safe and effective intubation in super-obese patients. The hemodynamic response to videolaryngoscopy was similar between devices.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Apr 2021
LetterAnti-decubitus bed mattress may interfere with cerebrovascular pressure reactivity measures due to induced ICP and ABP cyclic peaks.
Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients are monitored with continuous arterial blood pressure (ABP) and intracranial pressure (ICP). The pressure reactivity index (PRx) is a frequently used correlation coefficient between ABP and ICP to inform clinicians at the bedside about trends in global cerebrovascular pressure regulation status. We present an unexpected influence of cyclic anti-decubitus mattress inflations and deflations on invasive ICP, ABP and PRx calculations in our TBI patients. ⋯ In our database, 23% (9/39) of the patients show recurrent peaks in the monitoring signals. We hypothesize that these peaks are caused by (a combination) of hydrostatic change, local (cervical) compression and/or incorrect sensor zeroing due to positional changes induced by the anti-decubitus mattress. This warrants further investigation by the manufacturer and exploration of data filters.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Apr 2021
Ocular blood flow by laser speckle flowgraphy to detect cerebral ischemia during carotid endarterectomy.
Laser speckle flowgraphy (LSFG) is a noninvasive technique that can measure relative blood flow velocity in the optic fundus contributed by the ophthalmic artery, the main first branch originating from the internal carotid artery (ICA). The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of ocular blood flow measurement by LSFG to detect ischemic stress due to carotid clamping during carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Nineteen patients undergoing CEA with ocular blood flow measurement by LSFG and intraoperative monitoring (IOM) were prospectively enrolled between August 2016 and March 2019. ⋯ The MBR reduction ratio was positively correlated with the rSO2 index (r = 0.694, 95% confidence interval: 0.336-0.877, p = 0.001). The MBR reduction ratio of ocular blood flow by LSFG after carotid clamping was significantly correlated with the rSO2 index. The ocular blood flow by LSFG could be considered an adjunct modality for evaluating cerebral ischemic tolerance during CEA.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Apr 2021
EditorialThe case for a 3rd generation supraglottic airway device facilitating direct vision placement.
Although 1st and 2nd generation supraglottic airway devices (SADs) have many desirable features, they are nevertheless inserted in a similar 'blind' way as their 1st generation predecessors. Clinicians mostly still rely entirely on subjective indirect assessments to estimate correct placement which supposedly ensures a tight seal. Malpositioning and potential airway compromise occurs in more than half of placements. ⋯ We do not provide technical details of such a '3rd generation' device, but rather present a theoretical analysis of its desirable properties, which are essential to overcome the remaining limitations of current 1st and 2nd generation devices. We also recommend that this further milestone improvement, i.e. ability to place the SAD accurately under direct vision, be eligible for the moniker '3rd generation'. Blind insertion of SADs should become the exception and we anticipate, as in other domains such as central venous cannulation and nerve block insertions, vision-guided placement becoming the gold standard.