1. Ratios of central venous-to-arterial carbon dioxide content or tension to arteriovenous oxygen content are better markers of global anaerobic metabolism than lactate in septic shock patients
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Florent Pepy, Gaëlle Gasan, Didier Thevenin, Nicolas Vangrunderbeeck, Stéphanie Barrailler, Mehdi Meddour, Laurent Tronchon, Johanna Temime, Emmanuelle Durville, Jihad Mallat, Benoit Vallet, and Malcolm Lemyze
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medicine.medical_specialty ,Cardiac index ,chemistry.chemical_element ,Oxygen consumption ,Anaerobic metabolism ,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine ,Oxygen ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Venous oxygen saturation ,Internal medicine ,Septic shock ,Medicine ,Tissue hypoxia ,Acute circulatory failure ,Oxygen content ,Receiver operating characteristic ,business.industry ,030208 emergency & critical care medicine ,medicine.disease ,Surgery ,Venous-to-arterial carbon dioxide difference ,030228 respiratory system ,chemistry ,Cardiology ,Lactate ,business ,human activities ,Anaerobic exercise ,circulatory and respiratory physiology ,Research Article - Abstract
Background To evaluate the ability of the central venous-to-arterial CO2 content and tension differences to arteriovenous oxygen content difference ratios (∆ContCO2/∆ContO2 and ∆PCO2/∆ContO2, respectively), blood lactate concentration, and central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2) to detect the presence of global anaerobic metabolism through the increase in oxygen consumption (VO2) after an acute increase in oxygen supply (DO2) induced by volume expansion (VO2/DO2 dependence). Methods We prospectively studied 98 critically ill mechanically ventilated patients in whom a fluid challenge was decided due to acute circulatory failure related to septic shock. Before and after volume expansion (500 mL of colloid solution), we measured cardiac index, VO2, DO2, ∆ContCO2/∆ContO2 and ∆PCO2/∆ContO2 ratios, lactate, and ScvO2. Fluid-responders were defined as a ≥15 % increase in cardiac index. Areas under the receiver operating characteristic curves (AUC) were determined for these variables. Results Fifty-one patients were fluid-responders (52 %). DO2 increased significantly (31 ± 12 %) in these patients. An increase in VO2 ≥ 15 % (“VO2-responders”) concurrently occurred in 57 % of the 51 fluid-responders (45 ± 16 %). Compared with VO2-non-responders, VO2-responders were characterized by higher lactate levels and higher ∆ContCO2/∆ContO2 and ∆PCO2/∆ContO2 ratios. At baseline, lactate predicted a fluid-induced increase in VO2 ≥ 15 % with AUC of 0.745. Baseline ∆ContCO2/∆ContO2 and ∆PCO2/∆ContO2 ratios predicted an increase of VO2 ≥ 15 % with AUCs of 0.965 and 0.962, respectively. Baseline ScvO2 was not able to predict an increase of VO2 ≥ 15 % (AUC = 0.624). Conclusions ∆ContCO2/∆ContO2 and ∆PCO2/∆ContO2 ratios are more reliable markers of global anaerobic metabolism than lactate. ScvO2 failed to predict the presence of global tissue hypoxia. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13613-016-0110-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- 2015