Uncalibrated continuous cardiac output measurement in liver transplant patients: LiDCOrapid™ system versus pulmonary artery catheter.

Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the level of agreement between continuous cardiac output estimated by uncalibrated pulse-power analysis (PulseCOLiR) and intermittent (ICO) and continuous cardiac output (CCO) obtained using a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC).

Design: Prospective cohort study.

Setting: University hospital intensive care unit.

Effects of catecholamines on microcirculation during general inhalation anesthesia.

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of clinical dosages of norepinephrine and dobutamine on sublingual microcirculation during general anesthesia with sevoflurane in minor surgical procedures.

Design: This prospective study was performed on patients scheduled for breast cancer surgery.

Setting: Tertiary care university hospital.

The dos and do knots of central venous catheterization.

Central venous catheterization plays an important role in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis. Placement of a right subclavian hemodialysis catheter was complicated by looping and entrapment of the guidewire. Computed tomographic and three-dimensional scans were essential in locating and determining that the guidewire was outside the vessel.

Prognostic power of pre- and postoperative B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients undergoing abdominal aortic surgery.

Objectives: The first aim of the present study was to evaluate the pre- and postoperative B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels in patients undergoing surgery for repair of an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and analyze their power as a predictor of in-hospital cardiac events. The second aim was to evaluate the association among pre- and postoperative BNP levels, postoperative patient complications, and length of hospital stay.

Design: Prospective observational study.

Uncalibrated arterial pulse cardiac output measurements in patients with moderately abnormal left ventricular function.

Objective: The aim of the study was to evaluate the accuracy and precision of the Vigileo/FloTrac system (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA) when compared with the intermittent cardiac output and continuous cardiac output measurements obtained from pulmonary arterial catheters in patients with moderately abnormal left ventricular function undergoing elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Design: A prospective, observational study.

Setting: Tertiary university hospital.

Arterial pulse cardiac output agreement with thermodilution in patients in hyperdynamic conditions.

Objective: This study aimed to compare continuous cardiac output (CCO) obtained using the arterial pulse wave (APCO) measurement with a simultaneous measurement of the intermittent cardiac output (ICO) and CCO obtained with a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) in liver transplant patients.

Design: A prospective, single-center evaluation.

Setting: A university hospital intensive care unit.

Continuous and intermittent cardiac output measurement in hyperdynamic conditions: pulmonary artery catheter vs. lithium dilution technique.

Objective: This study aimed to assess the level of agreement of both intermittent cardiac output monitoring by the lithium dilution technique (CO(Li)) and continuous cardiac output monitoring (PulseCO(Li)) using the arterial pressure waveform with intermittent thermodilution using a pulmonary artery catheter (CO(PAC)).

Design: Prospective, single-center evaluation.

Setting: University Hospital Intensive Care Unit.

Analgesia in PACU: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.

Control and abolition of pain during and after surgical procedures is crucial point in the practice of anaesthesiology. In the last years the concept of multimodal analgesia (the use of different analgesic and techniques to relieve pain), has developed and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have a major role in it, because they have an opioid sparing effect. Moreover, they are very effective on somatic and breakthrough pain.