III. CO Monitoring Flashcards
The Fick principle is used to measure what?
Cardiac Output
Which method, according to the Fick principle, is considered the scientific gold standard of cardiac output measurement?
The Direct Method
For practical purposes, which method of cardiac measurement do we prefer (direct/indirect)?
Indirect
Fick’s Law states, the total uptake of a substance by the peripheral tissues, is equal to what two things?
- The product of the blood flow to the peripheral tissues
- Arterial-Venous concentration difference
General cardiac output (CO) equation according to Fick’s Law:
CO = (VO2)/(Ca-Cv)
Cardiac Output is equal to oxygen consumption divided by the arteriovenous oxygen content difference
this equation is later expanded so that it may be used more practically in the clinical setting
How do we calculate oxygen consumption?
uncertain of practicality of this equation; how do we derive CO; avg VO2 constant is provided later essentially nullifying this equation
VO2 = (COxCa) - (COxCv)
oxygen consumption is equal to the amount of oxygen delivered (COxCa) minus the amount of oxygen taken away/absorbed (COxCv)
What is the equation to determine arterial concentration of oxygen?
Ca=SaO2 x Hgb x 1.34
What is the equation to determine the amount of oxygen remaining in venous blood?
Cv = SvO2 x Hgb x 1.34
same as arterial equation
How do we get the most accurate measure of Venus oxygen content?
PA catheter placed in pulmonary artery
What three pieces of information do we need in order to calculate a patient’s cardiac output (using scientific “Direct” method)?
- OxygenConsumption (VO2): direct method would require spirometry measurement via “Douglas Bag method + Analyzer” {V=volume}
- Arterial oxygen concentration (Ca): direct method would require LA measurement
- Venous oxygen concentration (Cv): direct method would require PAC measurement
Practical Indirect Fick Method (equation) of calculating Cardiac Output (CO):
the method most likely used in the OR
CO = (125 x BSA)/[(SaO2 - SvO2) x Hgb x 1.34 /10]
dont forget to divide denominator by 10 IOT convert answer from dL to L
- Avg VO2 Constant: 125 mL O2/min (>70: use 110)
- Body Surface Area (BSA): will be provided
- Arterial Oxygen Saturation (SaO2): derived from ABG
- Venous Oxygen Saturation (SvO2): derived from PAC (can substitute ScvO2 derived from CVC)
- Constant: 1.34 (ratio of oxygen bound per gram of Hgb)
What pieces of information do we need to derive cardiac output using the practical Fick method?
- Height (m)
- Weight (kg)
- Hgb (CBC or H&H)
- SaO2 (ABG)
- ScvO2/SvO2
….also remember the necessary constants
Height and weight gives us BSA in m^2
DIRECT FICK METHOD:
What is the normal “resting” mL/kilogram/min VO2 measurement?
Normal mL/min measurement?
3.5 mL/kg/min (relative rate)
~250 mL/min (absolute rate)
These are not “VO2 Max” figures
DIRECT FICK METHOD:
Normal CvO2 measurement from PA catheter?
~150 mL/L
DIRECT FICK METHOD:
Normal CaO2 measurement from ABG?
~200 mL/L
List the features of the Douglas Bag used for DIRECT measurement of oxygen consumption (VO2):
- One way intake valve
- Gas collection bag
- gas analyzer
sample taken from gas collection bag and measured by analyzer, compares difference in inspired vs expired oxygen content
Fick Principle applied to CO2 rebreathing:
Cardiac output is proportional to the change in ____ divided by the change in ____ resulting from a brief rebreathing period.
- CO2 Elimination
- End-Tidal CO2
Rebreathing measurements are taken how often?
Every 3 minutes for 35 seconds
Fick CO2 rebreathing machines offer the following:
- continual ____ monitoring
- breath-by-breath measurements of ____.
- Cardiac output
- CO2 elimination
Inaccuracies may occur with the Fick method when?
Inaccurate:
- using indirect values
- hemodynamic changes
- P. HTN
- HF
- Narrow arteriovenous oxygen content differences (high output states)
- Intracardiac shunts( (mixing of blood)
- Hyperdynamic consumption (febrile, tachycardia, pneumonia, sepsis, burns)
- Hypodynamic consumption (hypothermia, paralysis)
What is the method of CO measurement that employs temperature measurement via a PAC?
Thermodilution (TDCO/ICO)
this is the practical & clinical gold standard for CO measurement
Describe steps of thermodilution measurement:
1. Cold saline bolus into PAC proximal port (RA)
2. Blood pushes cold saline distal through RV into PA
3. Blood temperature is measured at distal PA port
4. Temperature change (warm, cold back to warm) over time is measured
5. Computer plots temperature vs time (Stewart-Hamilton Equation)
6. Area under curve is inversely proportional to CO
Materials needed for Thermodilution:
- 10cc syringe
- 5-10cc injectate (5 or 10 cc D5W or 0.9% NS)
- Connections (Proximal Hub (RA), Thermistor, CO CPU)
- Computer & Monitor
How to perform ICO accurately:
- must have both an accurate ____ temperature and ____ temperature
- Stop other ____
- Injectate usually ____ or ____
- Iced, 0ºC: ____ syringe ok
- Room Tº: ____ syringe
- Inject quickly ____ at ____
- take ____ measurements (avg results within ____%)
- must have both an accurate injectate temperature and patient temperature
- Stop other CVC/PAC infusions
- Injectate usually D5W or 0.9% NS
- Iced, 0ºC: **5 **or 10cc ok
- Room Tº: 10cc
- Inject quickly <4sec at end exhalation
- take 3+ measurements (avg results within** 10%**)
Thermodilution Equation variables:
K1:
K2:
Q:
Tb(t)dt:
K1: density factor
K2: Computation constant
Q: Cardiac Output
Tb(t)dt: change in blood temperature over time
Thermodilution curve:
CO is ____ to area under the curve (temperature over time).
Inversely proportional
Thermodilution Curve:
Small area under curve = ____ CO
High
cold solution is very quickly rewarmed = takes less time to return to baseline Tº
Thermodilution curve:
Large area under curve = ____ CO
Low
Cold solution takes longer to rewarm due to less CO/BF, larger area under curve = takes longer to return to baseline blood Tº
Describe appearance of normal Thermodilution curve
Rapid peak, then decays
During CPB, PA temperature usually ____.
Decreases
this will create an abnormal thermodilution curve, where the end baseline is elevated (colder)
Errors in ICO estimation:
- Temperature
- Volume
- Inadvertent rewarming
- Timing of Injection w/ respiration
- Speed & mode of injection
- IVF administration through CVC
- Hypothermia
- Catheter Dysfunction/malposition
- Cardio Factors
- Abnormal respiratory patterns
- Pediatric patients
- Abnormal HCT (will affect K1 value) = ANEMIC patients
- Pathological conditions
0.5 mL variation of 5mL injectate will cause ____% error
10
Too large injectate volume will ____ CO
Too small injectate volume will ____ CO
- underestimate
- overestimate
Inadvertent hand rewarming of cold solution by 1ºC will cause ____ error.
3% increase
Ventilation can alter PA blood temp by:
0.01 to 0.2ºC
Too slow of injection will ____ CO
Underestimate