Reliability of Cardiac Output Calculation by the Fick Principle and Central Venous Oxygen Saturation in Emergency Conditions |
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Authors: | Avi A Weinbroum MD Philippe Biderman Dror Soffer Joseph M Klausner Oded Szold |
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Institution: | Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Israel. draviw@tasmc.health.gov.il |
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Abstract: | Background For many years thermodilution has been the gold standard for determining cardiac output in the critically ill patients. Less
invasive methods have recently been introduced. This study aimed at evaluating the agreement between cardiac output (CO) measured
by a new Fick method, using central venous saturation (Scvo2), and that measured by the classic thermodilution technique, in patients requiring emergent CO evaluation.
Settings Prospective clinical study in a university-affiliated, tertiary hospital, at surgical and general intensive care units.
Patients and methods Fifteen mechanically ventilated patients arriving in the emergency department in hemodynamic shock, had immediately a pulmonary
artery catheter introduced under fluoroscopy upon arrival into the ICU. Cardiac output (CO) was obtained in each patient via
both thermodilution and the Fick method, using oxygen consumption, SpO2 and Scvo2.
Results COs ranged between 2 and 2.3 (in the Fick and thermodilution methods, respectively) and 19 or 19.5 l/min (respectively). Mean
thermodilution-derived CO was 6.2 ± 4.2 l/min whereas the Fick’s was 7.0 ± 4.3 l/min. There was statistical significant correlation
between the two modalities of measurements, with an r
2 = 0.9 (P < 0.001).
Conclusions The new method of Fick assessed emergent CO as reliably as the thermodilution, regardless of whether it was low or high. The
use of Scvo2 allows for prompt bedside calculation for most emergency patients.
Avi A. Weinbroum and Philippe Biderman concurred equally to the present investigation.
Weinbroum AA, Biderman P, Soffer D, Klausner JM, Szold O. Reliability of cardiac output calculation by the Fick principle
and central venous oxygen saturation in emergency conditions. |
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Keywords: | cardiac output Fick thermodilution Scvo2 Svo2 |
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