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Andrei S, Bahr PA, Alissant M, Saccu M, Nguyen M, Popescu BA, Bouhemad B, Guinot PG. Pulsatile Femoral Vein Doppler Pattern is a Parameter of Venous Congestion in ICU Patients. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2024; 38:1361-1368. [PMID: 38555215 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2023.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2023] [Revised: 04/17/2023] [Accepted: 04/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to evaluate if the presence of a pulsatile femoral vein pattern is an indicator of venous congestion in the intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN Retrospective observational study. SETTING Three medico-surgical university-affiliated ICUs. PARTICIPANTS Adult patients who had an ultrasound evaluation at several time points during their ICU stay: at baseline (within 24 hours of admission to ICU), daily during their ICU stay, and within 24 hours before ICU discharge. INTERVENTIONS At each time point, the hemodynamic, respiratory, and cardiac ultrasound parameters were recorded. The common femoral vein was studied with pulsed-wave Doppler at the level of the femoral trigonum, with high frequency (5-13 MHz) linear array vascular probe and venous vascular mode, in supine patients. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS One hundred eight patients who underwent 400 ultrasound evaluations (3.7 ± 1 ultrasound evaluations per patient) during their ICU stay were included. Seventy-nine of 108 patients (73%) had a pulsatile femoral vein pattern at least at 1 time point. The multivariable mixed effects logistic regression model demonstrated an association among pulsatile femoral vein pattern, body mass index (OR: 0.91[95% CI 0.85-0.96], p = 0.002), inferior vena cava mean diameter (OR: 2.35 [95% CI 1.18-4.66], p = 0.014), portal vein pulsatility (OR: 2.3 [95% CI 1.2-4.4], p = 0.012), and congestive renal vein flow pattern (OR: 4.02 [95% CI 2.01-8.03], p < 0.001). The results were confirmed by principal component analysis. CONCLUSION In the ICU, a pulsatile femoral vein pattern is associated with parameters of venous congestion, independently of the patient's volume status, and ventilatory treatment. These results suggest the femoral vein Doppler pulsatility as a parameter of congestion in ICU patients.
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- Stefan Andrei
- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Dijon University Medical Centre, Dijon, France; University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Romania.
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Dijon University Medical Centre, Dijon, France; University of Burgundy and Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Dijon University Medical Centre, Dijon, France
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- Vascular Medicine Unit, Dijon University Medical Centre, Dijon, France
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Dijon University Medical Centre, Dijon, France; University of Burgundy and Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Romania; Department of Cardiology, Euroecolab, Emergency Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases "Prof. Dr. C. C. Iliescu", Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Dijon University Medical Centre, Dijon, France; University of Burgundy and Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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- Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Dijon University Medical Centre, Dijon, France; University of Burgundy and Franche-Comté, Dijon, France
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De Backer D, Aissaoui N, Cecconi M, Chew MS, Denault A, Hajjar L, Hernandez G, Messina A, Myatra SN, Ostermann M, Pinsky MR, Teboul JL, Vignon P, Vincent JL, Monnet X. How can assessing hemodynamics help to assess volume status? Intensive Care Med 2022; 48:1482-1494. [PMID: 35945344 PMCID: PMC9363272 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-022-06808-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
In critically ill patients, fluid infusion is aimed at increasing cardiac output and tissue perfusion. However, it may contribute to fluid overload which may be harmful. Thus, volume status, risks and potential efficacy of fluid administration and/or removal should be carefully evaluated, and monitoring techniques help for this purpose. Central venous pressure is a marker of right ventricular preload. Very low values indicate hypovolemia, while extremely high values suggest fluid harmfulness. The pulmonary artery catheter enables a comprehensive assessment of the hemodynamic profile and is particularly useful for indicating the risk of pulmonary oedema through the pulmonary artery occlusion pressure. Besides cardiac output and preload, transpulmonary thermodilution measures extravascular lung water, which reflects the extent of lung flooding and assesses the risk of fluid infusion. Echocardiography estimates the volume status through intravascular volumes and pressures. Finally, lung ultrasound estimates lung edema. Guided by these variables, the decision to infuse fluid should first consider specific triggers, such as signs of tissue hypoperfusion. Second, benefits and risks of fluid infusion should be weighted. Thereafter, fluid responsiveness should be assessed. Monitoring techniques help for this purpose, especially by providing real time and precise measurements of cardiac output. When decided, fluid resuscitation should be performed through fluid challenges, the effects of which should be assessed through critical endpoints including cardiac output. This comprehensive evaluation of the risk, benefits and efficacy of fluid infusion helps to individualize fluid management, which should be preferred over a fixed restrictive or liberal strategy.
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- Daniel De Backer
- Department of Intensive Care, CHIREC Hospitals, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Boulevard du Triomphe 201, 1160, Brussels, Belgium.
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- Assistance publique des hôpitaux de Paris (APHP), Cochin Hospital, Intensive Care Medicine, médecine interne reanimation, Université de Paris and Paris Cardiovascular Research Center, INSERM U970, 25 rue Leblanc, 75015, Paris, France
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- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Rozzano, MI, Italy.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, MI, Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada.,Critical Care Division, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Departamento de Cardiopneumologia, InCor, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Medicina Intensiva, Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Humanitas Clinical and Research Center-IRCCS, Rozzano, MI, Italy.,Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, MI, Italy
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain, Tata Memorial Hospital, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Intensive Care, King's College London, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- AP-HP, Service de médecine intensive-réanimation, Hôpital de Bicêtre, DMU 4 CORREVE, Inserm UMR S_999, FHU SEPSIS, CARMAS, Université Paris-Saclay, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94270, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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- Medical-surgical ICU and Inserm CIC 1435, Dupuytren Teaching Hospital, 87000, Limoges, France
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- Department of Intensive Care, Erasme Univ Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- AP-HP, Service de médecine intensive-réanimation, Hôpital de Bicêtre, DMU 4 CORREVE, Inserm UMR S_999, FHU SEPSIS, CARMAS, Université Paris-Saclay, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94270, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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