Journal of clinical monitoring and computing
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J Clin Monit Comput · Aug 2018
Effects of indigo carmine intravenous injection on oxygen reserve index (ORi™) measurement.
To retrospectively investigate the effects of indigo carmine intravenous injection on oxygen reserve index (ORi™) in 20 patients who underwent elective gynecologic surgery under general anesthesia. The study subjects were patients who underwent elective gynecologic surgery under general anesthesia between April 2016 and January 2017, and were administered a 5-ml intravenous injection of 0.4% indigo carmine for clinical purposes during surgery with ORi monitoring. Changes in ORi within 20 min after indigo carmine injection were observed. ⋯ The median lowest value of ORi was 0 (range 0-0.16) and the median time to reach the lowest value of ORi was 2 min (range 1-4 min) after injection. ORi values returned to pre-injection levels within 20 min in 13 of 19 patients, and the median time to return to pre-injection levels was 10 min (range 6-16 min) after injection. During ORi monitoring it is necessary to consider the rapid reduction in ORi after intravenous injection of indigo carmine.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Aug 2018
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyUse of the MIRUS™ system for general anaesthesia during surgery: a comparison of isoflurane, sevoflurane and desflurane.
The MIRUS™ system enables automated end-expired control of volatile anaesthetics. The device is positioned between the Y-piece of the breathing system and the patient's airway. The system has been tested in vitro and to provide sedation in the ICU with end-expired concentrations up to 0.5 MAC. ⋯ The MIRUS™ system reliable delivers 1.0 MAC of the modern inhaled agents, both during mechanical ventilation and spontaneous (assisted) breathing. Agent usage is highest with desflurane (highest MAC) but results in the fastest emergence. Trial registry number: Clinical Trials Registry, ref.: NCT0234509.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Aug 2018
Observational StudyNon-invasive blood pressure monitoring with an oscillometric brachial cuff: impact of arrhythmia.
Arrhythmia-induced beat-to-beat variability of blood pressure (BP) is deemed to hinder the reliability of non-invasive oscillometric measurements (NIBP) but few data support this belief. We assessed the impact of arrhythmia on a NIBP device never tested for this purpose. We compared, in intensive care unit patients with and without arrhythmia, the agreement between three pairs of NIBP (Infinity™ Delta monitor, Dräger medical systems) and invasive readings. ⋯ The detection of hypotension (systolic invasive BP < 90 mmHg or mean invasive BP < 65 mmHg) or hypertension (systolic invasive BP > 140 mmHg) by NIBP was similar during arrhythmia and regular rhythm [areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUCROC) of 0.88-0.92, p > 0.13]. The detection of a 10% increase in mean invasive BP after cardiovascular intervention was also associated with similar AUCROCs between the two groups. Provided that triplicates are averaged, the agreement between NIBP measured with the tested device and invasive measurements was not worse during arrhythmia than during regular rhythm.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Aug 2018
Usefulness of oxygen reserve index (ORi™), a new parameter of oxygenation reserve potential, for rapid sequence induction of general anesthesia.
The oxygen reserve index (ORi™) is a new parameter for monitoring oxygen reserve noninvasively. The aim of this study was to examine the usefulness of ORi for rapid sequence induction (RSI). Twenty adult patients who were scheduled for surgical procedures under general anesthesia were enrolled. ⋯ There was an SpO2 decline of 1% or more from the peak value after propofol administration in 13 patients, and 32.5 s (IQR 18.8-51.3) before the SpO2 decrease, ORi began to decline in 10 of the 13 (77%) patients. The ORi trends enable us to predict oxygenation reduction approximately 30 s before SpO2 starts to decline. By monitoring ORi, the incidence related to hypoxemia during RSI could be reduced.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Aug 2018
Influence of non-invasive blood pressure measurement intervals on the occurrence of intra-operative hypotension.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists Standards for Basic Monitoring recommends blood pressure (BP) measurement every 5 min. Research has shown distractions or technical factors can cause prolonged measurement intervals exceeding 5 min. We investigated the relationship between prolonged non-invasive BP (NIBP) measurement interval and the incidence of hypotension, detected post-interval. ⋯ A key finding was that the "> 10-minute AH model" indicated that age 41-80, increased co-morbidity profile, obesity and turning (repositioning) of the operative room table were significant predictors of prolonged NIBP measurement intervals (p < 0.001). While we do not suggest NIBP measurement intervals cause hypotension, intervals greater than 6 and 10 min are associated with a fourfold increase in the propensity of an undetected transition into both RH or AH. These data support current monitoring guidelines.