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Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2007;6:265-269. doi:10.1510/icvts.2006.149658
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Work in progress report - Cardiac general

Correlates of thenar near-infrared spectroscopy-derived tissue O2 saturation after cardiac surgery

Renske J. Uilkema and Arie Bastiaan Johan Groeneveld*

Department of Intensive Care, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

*Corresponding author. Tel.: +31-20-4444178; fax: +31-20-4442392.

E-mail address: johan.groeneveld{at}vumc.nl (A.B.J. Groeneveld).

We studied the significance of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS), for measuring tissue oxygenation (StO2) and perfusion adequacy, and thus for haemodynamic monitoring of patients after cardiac surgery. We compared NIRS-derived StO2 of the thenar muscle to haemodynamic variables, oxygenation indices, temperature, lactate levels and urinary output, in 23 patients in the course of time after cardiac surgery and admission into the intensive care unit. Clinical variables, global haemodynamics and NIRS% total haemoglobin (%HT) and StO2 in the thenar for up to 18–22 h after admission were measured. The StO2 declined concomitantly with a rise in the body-finger temperature difference. Cardiac output did not change but mean arterial pressure rose, concomitantly with tapering doses of nitroglycerine, indicative of an increase in vascular tone during recovery from surgery. From all variables, changes in body-finger temperature difference best correlated to changes in StO2 (rs=–0.48, P<0.001). As judged from clinical and haemodynamic correlates, thenar NIRS StO2 is a non-invasive measure of peripheral rather than global perfusion adequacy, after cardiac surgery. This may help to define the role of thenar NIRS monitoring after cardiac surgery in future studies.

Key Words: Tissue oxygenation; Vasoconstriction; Cardiac surgery; Tissue O2 saturation; Near-infrared spectroscopy

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