• J Clin Monit Comput · Apr 2024

    Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study

    Can perioperative pCO2 gaps predict complications in patients undergoing major elective abdominal surgery randomized to goal-directed therapy or standard care? A secondary analysis.

    • Ilonka N de Keijzer, Thomas Kaufmann, de WaalEric E CEEC0000-0003-1419-5817Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands., Michael Frank, de Korte-de BoerDianneD0000-0003-4688-8300Department of Anesthesiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands., Leonard M Montenij, Wolfgang Buhre, and ScheerenThomas W LTWL0000-0002-9184-4190Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands.Edwards Lifesciences, Garching, Germany..
    • Department of Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700 RB, Groningen, The Netherlands. i.n.de.keijzer@umcg.nl.
    • J Clin Monit Comput. 2024 Apr 1; 38 (2): 469477469-477.

    AbstractThe difference between venous and arterial carbon dioxide pressure (pCO2 gap), has been used as a diagnostic and prognostic tool. We aimed to assess whether perioperative pCO2 gaps can predict postoperative complications. This was a secondary analysis of a multicenter RCT comparing goal-directed therapy (GDT) to standard care in which 464 patients undergoing high-risk elective abdominal surgery were included. Arterial and central venous blood samples were simultaneously obtained at four time points: after induction, at the end of surgery, at PACU/ICU admission, and PACU/ICU discharge. Complications within the first 30 days after surgery were recorded. Similar pCO2 gaps were found in patients with and without complications, except for the pCO2 gap at the end of surgery, which was higher in patients with complications (6.0 mmHg [5.0-8.0] vs. 6.0 mmHg [4.1-7.5], p = 0.005). The area under receiver operating characteristics curves for predicting complications from pCO2 gaps at all time points were between 0.5 and 0.6. A weak correlation between ScvO2 and pCO2 gaps was found for all timepoints (ρ was between - 0.40 and - 0.29 for all timepoints, p < 0.001). The pCO2 gap did not differ between GDT and standard care at any of the selected time points. In our study, pCO2 gap was a poor predictor of major postoperative complications at all selected time points. Our research does not support the use of pCO2 gap as a prognostic tool after high-risk abdominal surgery. pCO2 gaps were comparable between GDT and standard care. Clinical trial registration Netherlands Trial Registry NTR3380.© 2024. The Author(s).

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