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OBJECTIVES: This study aims to describe physicians' perspectives on the use of computed tomography (CT) in patients with sepsis. METHODS: In January 2022, physicians of a large European university medical center were surveyed using a web-based questionnaire asking about their views on the role of CT in sepsis. A total of 371 questionnaires met the inclusion criteria and were analyzed using work experience, workplace, and medical specialty of physicians as variables. Chi-square tests were performed. RESULTS: Physicians considered the ability to detect an unknown focus as the greatest benefit of CT scans in sepsis (70.9%, n = 263/371). Two clinical criteria - "signs of decreased vigilance" (89.2%, n = 331/371) and "increased catecholamine demand" (84.7%, n = 314/371) - were considered highly relevant for a CT request. Elevated procalcitonin (82.7%, n = 307/371) and lactate levels (83.6%, n = 310/371) were consistently found to be critical laboratory values to request a CT. As long as there is evidence of infection in one organ region, most physicians (42.6%, n = 158/371) would order a CT scan based on clinical assessment. Combined examination of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis was favored (34.8%, n = 129/371) in cases without clinical clues of an infection source. A time window of ≥ 1-6 h was preferred for both CT examinations (53.9%, n = 200/371) and CT-guided interventions (59.3%, n = 220/371) in patients with sepsis. CONCLUSION: Despite much consensus, there are significant differences in attitudes towards the use of CT in septic patients among physicians from different workplaces and medical specialties. Knowledge of these perspectives may improve patient management and interprofessional communication. KEY POINTS: Despite interdisciplinary consensus on the use of CT in sepsis, statistically significant differences in the responses are apparent among physicians from different workplaces and medical specialties. The detection of a previously unknown source of infection and the ability to plan interventions and/or surgery based on CT findings are considered key advantages of CT in septic patients. Timing of CT reflects the requirements of specific disciplines.
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Médicos , Sepse , Humanos , Sepse/diagnóstico por imagem , Sepse/etiologia , Centros Médicos Acadêmicos , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Inquéritos e QuestionáriosRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Arginine-vasopressin (AVP) binding to vasopressin V2 receptors promotes redistribution of the water channel aquaporin-2 (AQP2) from intracellular vesicles into the plasma membrane of renal collecting duct principal cells. This pathway fine-tunes renal water reabsorption and urinary concentration, and its perturbation is associated with diabetes insipidus. Previously, we identified the antimycotic drug fluconazole as a potential modulator of AQP2 localization. METHODS: We assessed the influence of fluconazole on AQP2 localization in vitro and in vivo as well as the drug's effects on AQP2 phosphorylation and RhoA (a small GTPase, which under resting conditions, maintains F-actin to block AQP2-bearing vesicles from reaching the plasma membrane). We also tested fluconazole's effects on water flow across epithelia of isolated mouse collecting ducts and on urine output in mice treated with tolvaptan, a VR2 blocker that causes a nephrogenic diabetes insipidus-like excessive loss of hypotonic urine. RESULTS: Fluconazole increased plasma membrane localization of AQP2 in principal cells independent of AVP. It also led to an increased AQP2 abundance associated with alterations in phosphorylation status and ubiquitination as well as inhibition of RhoA. In isolated mouse collecting ducts, fluconazole increased transepithelial water reabsorption. In mice, fluconazole increased collecting duct AQP2 plasma membrane localization and reduced urinary output. Fluconazole also reduced urinary output in tolvaptan-treated mice. CONCLUSIONS: Fluconazole promotes collecting duct AQP2 plasma membrane localization in the absence of AVP. Therefore, it might have utility in treating forms of diabetes insipidus (e.g., X-linked nephrogenic diabetes insipidus) in which the kidney responds inappropriately to AVP.
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Aquaporina 2/metabolismo , Transporte Biológico/genética , Colforsina/farmacologia , Diabetes Insípido Nefrogênico/tratamento farmacológico , Fluconazol/farmacologia , Proteína rhoA de Ligação ao GTP/efeitos dos fármacos , Análise de Variância , Animais , Membrana Celular/metabolismo , Células Cultivadas , Diabetes Insípido Nefrogênico/metabolismo , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Túbulos Renais Coletores/citologia , Túbulos Renais Coletores/efeitos dos fármacos , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos BALB C , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Fosforilação/genética , Distribuição Aleatória , Transdução de Sinais , Estatísticas não ParamétricasRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Transpulmonary thermodilution (TPTD) is used frequently in the intensive care unit to determine cardiac index (CI), intrathoracic blood volume index (ITBVI), and extravascular lung volume index (EVLWI). Renal replacement therapy (RRT) influences TPTD results, but the underlying mechanisms are not completely understood. We hypothesized that RRT blood flow induces errors in TPTD measurements. METHODS: We analyzed TPTD data available from the PiCCO® plus hemodynamic measurement device on a personal computer using a proprietary Pulsion Medical Systems software. By using the dialysis catheter to inject the thermal indicator, 20 measurement series were performed in 12 intensive care unit patients determining CI, ITBVI, and EVLWI during RRT with the blood pump stopped, and at flows of 100 and 200 mL/min, respectively. RESULTS: Data export was successful in 17 measurement series and showed a significant decrease in measured CI (6.5 ± 2.5 vs 5.4 ± 1.9 L/min/m, P < 0.001) and ITBVI (1358.8 ± 274.5 vs 1132.8 ± 218.3 mL/m, P < 0.001) with RRT and a significant increase in EVLWI (8.6 ± 4.4, 10.2 ± 4.5 mL/kg, P < 0.001). Blood temperature before and the temperature decrease after injection of the thermal indicator were unchanged by RRT. Mean transit time and downslope time of the thermodilution curve, however, were both increased with the RRT blood pump running (P ≤ 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Analysis of TPTD data shows that thermodilution curve forms are modified with RRT, resulting in an erroneous calculation of thermodilution-derived hemodynamic parameters.
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Hemodinâmica , Hemofiltração/efeitos adversos , Monitorização Fisiológica/métodos , Diálise Renal/efeitos adversos , Termodiluição/métodos , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Volume Sanguíneo , Determinação do Volume Sanguíneo , Temperatura Corporal , Débito Cardíaco , Catéteres , Estado Terminal , Água Extravascular Pulmonar , Feminino , Hemofiltração/instrumentação , Humanos , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva , Medidas de Volume Pulmonar , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Valor Preditivo dos Testes , Estudos Prospectivos , Diálise Renal/instrumentação , Reprodutibilidade dos TestesRESUMO
Background: Malnutrition as well as overfeeding can have negative impacts on clinical outcomes in critically ill patients. Continuous veno-venous hemodialysis (CVVHD) with regional citrate anticoagulation (RCA) using trisodium citrate 4% (TSC) might play a role in nutrient disposition in patients in the ICU. Methods: In 33 consecutive patients on CVVHD with RCA, energy uptake or loss was calculated. Three macronutrients (lactate, glucose and citrate) were analyzed by taking prefilter blood and effluent samples. Results: Glucose and lactate clearance through CVVHD made up for a loss of 61 kcal/d (IQR 25−164 kcal/d) and 38 kcal/d (IQR 23−59 kcal/d), respectively. Two patients with hyperglycemic state (>350 mg/dL) lost around 600 kcal/d during CVVHD. Net post-filter citrate caloric delivery through RCA was 135 kcal/d (IQR: 124−144 kcal/d). Adding the three macronutrients, net caloric gain through CVVHD was 10 kcal/d (IQR: −63−75 kcal/d). Conclusion: In non-hyperglycemic patients on CVVHD with RCA, the metabolic contribution of the three macronutrients lactate, glucose and citrate is neglectable.
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Injúria Renal Aguda , Terapia de Substituição Renal Contínua , Humanos , Ácido Cítrico , Anticoagulantes/efeitos adversos , Glucose , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva , Lactatos , Injúria Renal Aguda/induzido quimicamenteRESUMO
Hypo- and hypernatremias are very frequent in intensive care unit (ICU) patients and are closely related to volume disturbances and volume management in the ICU. They are associated with longer ICU stays and significant increases in mortality. Treating them is more complex than it may initially appear. Hyponatremias are differentiated based on tonicity and volume status. With hypertonic and isotonic hyponatremias, the primary focus of treatment is the underlying hyperglycemia. In case of hypotonic hypovolemic hyponatremia, the condition is treated with balanced crystalloid solutions. In eu-/hypervolemic hypotonic hyponatremias acute treatment with hypertonic saline is necessary. Hypervolemic hypernatremia occurs almost exclusively in ICU patients, often due to infusion of hypertonic solutions. There is little evidence to guide treatment, although hypotonic infusions in conjunction with diuretics may represent a legitimate approach. Great emphasis should be placed on prevention and the infusion of hypertonic solutions should be avoided. Disturbances in plasma sodium concentrations are common, requiring close attention. Exact diagnostic classification needs to be made and volume managed accordingly.
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Hipernatremia , Hiponatremia , Desequilíbrio Hidroeletrolítico , Humanos , Hipernatremia/diagnóstico , Hipernatremia/terapia , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva , Soluções Isotônicas , Solução Salina Hipertônica/uso terapêutico , Desequilíbrio Hidroeletrolítico/diagnóstico , Desequilíbrio Hidroeletrolítico/terapiaRESUMO
While invasive thermodilution techniques remain the reference methods for cardiac output (CO) measurement, there is a currently unmet need for non-invasive techniques to simplify CO determination, reduce complications related to invasive procedures required for indicator dilution CO measurement, and expand the application field toward emergency room, non-intensive care, or outpatient settings. We evaluated the performance of a non-invasive oscillometry-based CO estimation method compared to transpulmonary thermodilution. To assess agreement between the devices, we used Bland-Altman analysis. Four-quadrant plot analysis was used to visualize the ability of Mobil-O-Graph (MG) to track CO changes after a fluid challenge. Trending analysis of CO trajectories was used to compare MG and PiCCO® calibrated pulse wave analysis over time (6 h). We included 40 patients from the medical intensive care unit at the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Benjamin Franklin between November 2019 and June 2020. The median age was 73 years. Forty percent of the study population was male; 98% was ventilator-dependent and 75% vasopressor-dependent at study entry. The mean of the observed differences for the cardiac output index (COI) was 0.7 l∗min-1*m-2 and the lower, and upper 95% limits of agreement (LOA) were -1.9 and 3.3 l∗min-1*m-2, respectively. The 95% confidence interval for the LOA was ± 0.26 l∗min-1*m-2, the percentage error 83.6%. We observed concordant changes in CO with MG and PiCCO® in 50% of the measurements after a fluid challenge and over the course of 6 h. Cardiac output calculation with a novel oscillometry-based pulse wave analysis method is feasible and replicable in critically ill patients. However, we did not find clinically applicable agreement between MG and thermodilution or calibrated pulse wave analysis, respectively, assessed with established evaluation routine using the Bland-Altman approach and with trending analysis methods. In summary, we do not recommend the use of this method in critically ill patients at this time. As the basic approach is promising and the CO determination with MG very simple to perform, further studies should be undertaken both in hemodynamically stable patients, and in the critical care setting to allow additional adjustments of the underlying algorithm for CO estimation with MG.
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Central artery stiffness predicts cardiovascular structural damage and clinical outcome. It is controversial whether central artery stiffness can be determined by noninvasive measurements. We compared noninvasive determination of central artery stiffness obtained from applanation tonometry of the peripheral radial artery waveform with invasive measurements of the ratio of pulse-pressure-to-stroke-volume. A total of 112 invasive measurements of the ratio of pulse-pressure-to-stroke-volume and noninvasive determinations of central artery stiffness were performed in 49 patients on the intensive care unit. In 13 out of 112 attempts of noninvasive measurements (12%) radial pulse could not be obtained using applanation tonometry because of cardiac arrhythmia or radial pulse could not be detected. These 13 failing noninvasive measurements were attempted in 7 patients. In the remaining cases we found a significant correlation between noninvasively obtained central artery stiffness and invasive measurements of the ratio of pulse-pressure-to-stroke-volume (Spearman r=0.40; p<0.0001). The association between invasive and noninvasive measurements was confirmed using Bland-Altman plots. Furthermore, a norepinephrine-induced increase of arterial stiffness was detected both invasively and noninvasively. Noninvasive determination of central artery stiffness obtained from peripheral radial artery waveform should be useful in clinical practice although it cannot be performed in every patient.
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Artérias/fisiopatologia , Resistência Vascular , Idoso , Artérias/efeitos dos fármacos , Velocidade do Fluxo Sanguíneo , Pressão Sanguínea , Complacência (Medida de Distensibilidade) , Cuidados Críticos , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Norepinefrina/administração & dosagem , Fluxo Pulsátil , Artéria Radial/fisiologia , Volume Sistólico , Resistência Vascular/efeitos dos fármacos , Resistência Vascular/fisiologiaRESUMO
Although cardiac output (CO) monitoring is usually only used in intensive care units (ICUs) and operating rooms, there is increasing evidence that CO should be determined and optimized as early as possible, even before admission to the ICU, in the care of hemodynamically compromised patients. A variety of different minimally or noninvasive CO determination techniques have been developed, but not all of them are suitable for early hemodynamic monitoring outside the ICU. In this review, the different available methods for CO monitoring are presented and their potential for early hemodynamic assessment is discussed.
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Débito Cardíaco/fisiologia , Hemodinâmica/fisiologia , Monitorização Intraoperatória/métodos , Animais , Dióxido de Carbono , Cardiografia de Impedância , Corantes , Cuidados Críticos , Ecocardiografia Transesofagiana , Humanos , Técnicas de Diluição do Indicador , Verde de Indocianina , Lítio , Termodiluição , Ultrassonografia DopplerRESUMO
Conventional thermodilution cardiac output (CO) monitoring is limited mainly to intensive care units and operating rooms because it requires the use of invasive techniques. To reduce the potential for complications and to broaden the applicability of hemodynamic monitoring, noninvasive methods for CO determination are being sought. Applanation tonometry allows noninvasive CO estimation through pulse contour analysis, but the method has not been evaluated in critically ill patients. We therefore performed noninvasive radial artery applanation tonometry in 49 critically ill medical intensive care unit patients and compared CO estimates to invasive CO measurements obtained using a pulmonary artery catheter or the PiCCO transpulmonary thermodilution system. One-hundred-sixteen measurements were performed, and patients were receiving vasopressor support during 78 measurements. When the data were analyzed with bias and precision statistics, a large bias of 2.03 L x min(-1) x m(-2) and a high percentage error of 85% were found between the invasive measurements and applanation tonometry-derived CO estimates, with the noninvasive CO results being significantly lower than the invasive ones (P < 0.001). There was no significant difference in bias between the patients who were receiving vasopressor support and those who were not (P = 0.874) or between patients with good and poor applanation tonometry pressure waveform signal quality (P = 0.071). Whereas a significant increase in the invasively determined CO was observed when a fluid bolus was administered (n = 7, P = 0.016), these changes were not reflected by the noninvasive method. We conclude that radial artery applanation tonometry is not suitable to determine CO in critically ill hemodynamically unstable patients.
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Débito Cardíaco , Estado Terminal , Manometria , Monitorização Fisiológica/métodos , Pulso Arterial , Artéria Radial/fisiopatologia , Idoso , Viés , Pressão Sanguínea , Cateterismo de Swan-Ganz , Epinefrina/uso terapêutico , Feminino , Humanos , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Norepinefrina/uso terapêutico , Reprodutibilidade dos Testes , Termodiluição , Vasoconstritores/uso terapêuticoRESUMO
Critically ill patients are at a particular risk for developing pressure ulcers. Yet until now, no sufficiently specific, validated pressure ulcer risk assessment instruments exist for critically ill patients. In a prospective study of 698 patients of medical intensive care unit (ICU), we therefore analyzed if the Waterlow scale is suitable for pressure ulcer risk assessment in the ICU. Only patients with no pressure ulcer on admission to the ICU were included. The Waterlow scale was used to assess pressure ulcer risk on admission to the ICU, and the number of points on the scale were analyzed with regard to pressure ulcers development in the course of the ICU stay (121 patients). Our results show that adequate pressure ulcer risk assessment on admission to the ICU is not possible with the Waterlow scale. Sensitivity and specificity reached their maximal values of 64.6% and 48.8%, respectively, at a comparably high cut-off of 30 points on the Waterlow scale (positive and negative likelihood ratio being 1.26 and 0.73, respectively). The area under the curve (AUC) was 0.59 in the receiver-operator-characteristic curve. Adding intensive care related parameters to the scale yielded some degree of improvement (AUC 0.69), but the development of ICU specific pressure ulcer risk scales still seems to be necessary to allow reliable pressure ulcer risk assessment in the ICU.
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Unidades de Terapia Intensiva , Avaliação em Enfermagem/estatística & dados numéricos , Úlcera por Pressão/enfermagem , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Humanos , Funções Verossimilhança , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Úlcera por Pressão/etiologia , Úlcera por Pressão/prevenção & controle , Estudos Prospectivos , Curva ROC , Medição de RiscoRESUMO
Estimation of removable excess body fluid is difficult in critically ill patients with renal failure. Volumetric hemodynamic parameters are increasingly being used to guide fluid therapy in the intensive care unit, but their suitability to monitor fluid removal with hemodialysis in critically ill patients is not known. Changes in the extravascular lung water index (EVLWI) and intrathoracic blood volume index (ITBVI) measured with transpulmonary thermodilution immediately before and after hemodialysis were analyzed from 39 hemodialysis sessions of 9 patients consecutively treated in the medical intensive care unit of a German University Hospital. Additional hemodynamic, ventilation, and oxygenation-related parameters were recorded at the same time. Online relative blood volume (RBV) monitoring was performed in 29 sessions. Comparisons of pre and postdialysis values showed a significant reduction of the EVLWI with fluid removal (p=0.009), with only a slight nonsignificant decrease in the ITBVI. The cardiac index (CI) also decreased significantly (p=0.010), whereas blood pressure remained stable. Oxygenation improved significantly (p=0.005), and the hematocrit increased significantly with dialysis (p=0.039). There was no correlation between hematocrit changes and RBV measurements. Significant correlations existed between ITBVI and CI changes (p<0.001), but not to EVLWI reduction. The removal of excess body fluid on hemodialysis is reflected by the EVLWI reduction, whereas the preservation of cardiac preload is shown by ITBVI stability. Volumetric hemodynamic parameters could be useful to guide fluid removal with hemodialysis in the intensive care unit.
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Determinação do Volume Sanguíneo , Líquidos Corporais , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva , Diálise Renal , Adulto , Idoso , Pressão Sanguínea , Débito Cardíaco , Estado Terminal , Água Extravascular Pulmonar , Feminino , Hematócrito , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , TermodiluiçãoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Insulin-delivery algorithms for achieving glycemic control in the intensive care unit require frequent checks of blood glucose level and thus increase nursing workload. Hypoglycemia is a serious complication associated with intensive insulin therapy. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate a nurse-directed protocol for blood glucose management that allows individualized insulin delivery within a predefined blood glucose corridor, intended to avoid hypoglycemia while maintaining adequate control of blood glucose level without increasing nursing workload. METHODS: A nurse-directed protocol for blood glucose management was developed by an interprofessional team, and the protocol's performance was investigated in 175 patients compared with 384 historical controls. RESULTS: With the nurse-directed protocol, hypoglycemia incidents declined significantly (31% vs 12%, P < .001), and minimum blood glucose levels increased significantly (80 mg/dL vs 93 mg/dL, P < .001). Mean and maximum blood glucose levels, the proportion of glucose readings within the target range (31% vs 26%, P = .06), and the number of blood glucose checks (59 vs 58, P = .85) remained unchanged with use of the protocol. CONCLUSION: Implementation of the nurse-directed protocol for blood glucose management did not increase nursing workload but reduced hypoglycemia incidents significantly while maintaining adequate glycemic control.
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Glicemia/análise , Enfermagem de Cuidados Críticos/normas , Hiperglicemia/tratamento farmacológico , Hipoglicemia/tratamento farmacológico , Hipoglicemiantes/uso terapêutico , Insulina/uso terapêutico , Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Educação Continuada em Enfermagem , Feminino , Humanos , Hiperglicemia/enfermagem , Hipoglicemia/enfermagem , Infusões Intravenosas , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
Assessment of the cardiac output (CO) is usually performed with invasive techniques requiring specialized equipment in the intensive care unit (ICU). With TEL-O-GRAPH (TG), CO can be derived from the oscillometrically obtained brachial pulse wave during the measurement of brachial blood pressure. CO and stroke volume (SV) determinations with TG were compared with transpulmonary thermodilution measurements with the PICCO system (PICCO) in 38 haemodynamically unstable ICU patients with a total of 84 comparison measurements performed. SV (33.3 ± 9.0 ml/m2 vs. 44.3 ± 14.4 ml/m2, p < 0.001) and CO (2.7 ± 0.5 l/min/m2 vs. 3.8 ± 1.2 l/min/m2, p < 0.001) were underestimated significantly with TG and oscillometric brachial systolic blood pressure (BP) was significantly lower and diastolic BP significantly higher than invasive femoral artery pressure. A linear correlation was found between CO dimension and CO underestimation with TG. Correct tracking of CO changes with a fluid challenge was possible in 69.5% of measurements. Oscillometric noninvasive CO is possible in the ICU, but accuracy and precision of this new method are lacking. Implementation of a correction factor accounting for the linear increase in CO underestimation observed with increasing CO could improve CO assessment with TG in haemodynamically unstable patients.
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Débito Cardíaco , Estado Terminal , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva , Oscilometria/métodos , Termodiluição/métodos , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
Management of volume status is difficult in critically ill patients with renal failure. Volumetric hemodynamic indices are increasingly being used to guide fluid therapy in the intensive care unit (ICU), but are not established to monitor hemodialysis-induced fluid removal in critically ill patients. Using volumetric hemodynamic monitoring, changes in extravascular lung water index (EVLWI) and intrathoracic blood volume index (ITBVI) were measured immediately before and after hemodialysis sessions in 35 ICU patients. Additional hemodynamic and oxygenation related parameters were recorded at the same time, and online relative blood volume (RBV) monitoring was performed during hemodialysis. EVLWI decreased significantly with fluid removal (median 10.0 vs. 9.6 mL/kg, P = 0.001), whereas ITBVI remained stable (median 1012 vs. 1029 mL/m(2) , P = 0.402). Significant changes were also observed in stroke volume variation (median 12.0 vs. 13.0 %, P = 0.012), cardiac index (median 4.2 vs. 3.5 mL/min/m(2) , P = 0.003), mean arterial pressure (median 77 vs. 85.5 mmHg, P = 0.006), norepinephrine dose (median 0.092 vs. 0.114 µg/kg per min, P = 0.043), and hemoglobin values (median 9.5 vs. 10.4 gm/dL, P = 0.036). RBV decreased by 7.8% (median); there was no correlation with either the volumetric measurements or the other hemodynamic parameters recorded. EVLWI reduction with dialysis reflects the removal of excess body fluid, whereas preservation of cardiac preload is indicated by ITBVI stability. Volumetric hemodynamic measurements provide additional information concerning fluid status and are thus potentially useful to guide fluid removal on hemodialysis in critically ill patients.
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Volume Sanguíneo , Água Extravascular Pulmonar , Hemodinâmica/fisiologia , Diálise Renal/métodos , Insuficiência Renal/terapia , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Determinação do Volume Sanguíneo , Estudos de Coortes , Estado Terminal/mortalidade , Estado Terminal/terapia , Feminino , Alemanha , Mortalidade Hospitalar , Humanos , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Monitorização Fisiológica/métodos , Diálise Renal/mortalidade , Insuficiência Renal/diagnóstico , Insuficiência Renal/mortalidade , Estudos Retrospectivos , Medição de Risco , Taxa de SobrevidaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Early enteral nutrition is recommended for patients in intensive care units, but nutrition provision is often hindered by a variety of unit-specific problems. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the impact of a nutrition support protocol on nutrition prescription and delivery in the intensive care unit. METHODS: Nutrition-related data from 73 patients receiving mechanical ventilation who were treated in an adult medical intensive care unit before introduction of an enteral nutrition support protocol were retrospectively compared with data for 87 patients admitted after implementation of the protocol. RESULTS: After implementation of the protocol, enteral nutrition was started significantly earlier (P = .007) and enteral feeding goals were reached significantly faster (6 vs 10 days, P < .001) than before. Prescription of enteral nutrition on the first day of invasive mechanical ventilation increased from 38% before to 54% after (P = .03) implementation of the protocol. Prescribed and delivered nutrition doses on the first 2 days of mechanical ventilation also increased significantly (P < .001) after the protocol was implemented. Nasojejunal feeding tubes were used in 52% of patients before and 56% of patients after protocol implementation P = .63). Jejunal tubes were placed earlier after the protocol was implemented than before (median 5 vs 6.5 days), and when a jejunal tube was in place, feeding goals were reached faster (median 2 vs 3 days, P = .002). CONCLUSION: Implementing an enteral nutrition support protocol shortened the time to reach feeding goals. Jejunal feeding tubes were necessary in more than half of the patients, and with a jejunal feeding tube in place, feeding goals were reached rapidly.
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Nutrição Enteral/normas , Unidades de Terapia Intensiva/normas , Intubação Gastrointestinal/normas , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Estado Terminal/terapia , Nutrição Enteral/métodos , Feminino , Humanos , Intubação Gastrointestinal/estatística & dados numéricos , Jejuno , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Guias de Prática Clínica como Assunto , Respiração Artificial , Estudos Retrospectivos , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
The introduction of automated oscillometric blood pressure monitors was the basis for today's widespread use of blood pressure self-measurement. However, in atrial fibrillation, there is a controversial debate on the use of oscillometry because there is a high variability of heart rate and stroke volume. To date, the accuracy of oscillometric blood pressure monitoring in atrial fibrillation has only been investigated using auscultatory sphygmomanometry as reference method, which may be biased by arrhythmia as well. We performed a cross-sectional study in 102 patients (52 sinus rhythm, 50 atrial fibrillation) assessing the accuracy of an automated and validated oscillometric upper arm (M5 Professional, Omron) and wrist device (R5 Professional, Omron) to invasively assessed arterial pressure. Blood pressure values were calculated as the mean of 3 consecutive measurements. Systolic and diastolic blood pressure did not significantly differ in patients with sinus rhythm and atrial fibrillation, independent of the method of measurement (P>0.05 each). The within-subject variability of the oscillometric measurements was higher in patients with atrial fibrillation compared with sinus rhythm (P<0.01 each). The biases of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, however, did not significantly differ in presence or absence of atrial fibrillation in Bland-Altmann analysis (P>0.05 each). In conclusion, atrial fibrillation did not significantly affect the accuracy of oscillometric measurements, if 3 repeated measurements were performed.
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Fibrilação Atrial/fisiopatologia , Determinação da Pressão Arterial/instrumentação , Monitores de Pressão Arterial , Pressão Sanguínea/fisiologia , Oscilometria , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Determinação da Pressão Arterial/métodos , Estudos Transversais , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
OBJECTIVE: Transpulmonary thermodilution is increasingly used for hemodynamic monitoring of critically ill patients. Injection of a cold saline bolus in the central venous circulation is a prerequisite for transpulmonary thermodilution measurements. Superior vena cava access is typically used for injection. This access, however, is not feasible or available in all intensive care patients (e.g., in burn victims or due to contraindications for Trendelenburg position). The present study investigates whether femoral vein access can be used to obtain clinically acceptable values. DESIGN: Open prospective trial performed between September 2005 and April 2006. SETTINGS: Medical intensive care unit at a university hospital. PATIENTS: Eleven critically ill patients monitored by transpulmonary thermodilution. INTERVENTIONS: None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: A total of 44 measurements in 11 intensive care patients were performed with the Pulsion PICCO Plus device to compare cardiac output, extravascular lung water index, and global end-diastolic volume index after central venous injection of the cold saline bolus via femoral and jugular venous access. Bland-Altman analysis revealed that catheter insertion site does not relevantly influence cardiac output and extravascular lung water index. The bias between femoral and jugular injection was +0.16 L/min for cardiac output and +0.23 mL/kg for extravascular lung water index. Global end-diastolic volume index values, however, show a constant overestimation of +140.73 mL/m2 after femoral injection, as obtained by Bland-Altman analysis. This overestimation can be explained by a longer mean transit time due to a longer distance of catheter tip and right atrium for a femoral catheter. CONCLUSIONS: Transpulmonary thermodilution measurements with a cold saline bolus via a femoral catheter provide clinically reliable cardiac output and extravascular lung water index values. Concerning global end-diastolic volume index, there is a good correlation as well, but in the interpretation of the results, an overestimation has to be taken into account.