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01.03.2004 | Original
Effects of fluid challenge on gastric mucosal PCO2 in septic patients
verfasst von:
Eliézer Silva, Daniel De Backer, Jacques Creteur, Jean-Louis Vincent
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 3/2004
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Abstract
Objective
To determine the effects of fluid challenge on systemic hemodynamic variables and gastric intramucosal partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PCO2) in septic patients.
Design
Short-term interventional study.
Setting
Medical-surgical intensive care unit in a university hospital.
Patients
Twenty-four adult patients with severe sepsis or septic shock requiring volume replacement. All patients were studied within 24 h of onset of severe sepsis or septic shock.
Interventions
Five hundred milliliters of a 6% hydroxyethyl starch (HES) solution were administered in 30 min.
Measurements and results
Complete hemodynamic data, blood samples, and gastric mucosal PCO2 (automatic gas capnometry) determinations were obtained at baseline and 15 min after the end of fluid infusion. After fluid challenge, cardiac index (CI) increased from 3.8 (range 2.9–4.2) to 4.2 (range 3.1–4.9) l/min m−2 (p<0.05). The PCO2 gap decreased from 9.8 (range 6.9–26.0) to 8.5 (range 6.6–17.4) mm Hg (p<0.05), but important individual variations were observed. We failed to observe significant relationships between changes in CI and in PCO2 gap, or between indices of preload (pulmonary artery occluded pressure, right atrial pressure, and pulse pressure variations) and changes in PCO2 gap. In addition, changes in PCO2 gap and in (v-a) CO2 were not related; however, changes in PCO2 gap were related to baseline PCO2 gap (p=0.003), PEEP (p=0.02), and cumulative doses of vasopressors (p=0.02).
Conclusions
The effects of fluid challenge on gastric mucosal PCO2 are variable and related to baseline PCO2 gap rather than to systemic variables. In general, rapid volume infusion decreases PCO2 gap, but this effect is more pronounced in patients with presumably impaired mucosal perfusion.