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ABSTRACT: Background
In clinical practice, blood pressure is used as a resuscitation goal on a daily basis, with the aim of maintaining adequate perfusion and oxygen delivery to target organs. Compromised perfusion is often indicated as a key factor in the pathophysiology of anastomotic leakage. This study was aimed at assessing the extent to which the microcirculation of the bowel coheres with blood pressure during abdominal surgery.Methods
We performed a prospective and observational cohort study. In patients undergoing abdominal surgery, the serosal microcirculation of either the small intestine or the colon was visualized using handheld vital microscopy (HVM). From the acquired HVM image sequences, red blood cell velocity (RBCv) and total vessel density (TVD) were calculated using MicroTools and AVA software, respectively. The association between microcirculatory parameters and blood pressure was assessed using Pearson's correlation analysis. We considered a two-sided P-value of <0.050 to be significant.Results
In 28 patients undergoing abdominal surgery, a total of 76 HVM images were analyzed. The RBCv was 335 ± 96 µm/s and the TVD was 13.7 ± 3.4 mm/mm2. Mean arterial pressure (MAP) was 71 ± 12 mm Hg during microcirculatory imaging. MAP was not correlated with RBCv (Pearson's r = -0.049, P = 0.800) or TVD (Pearson's r = 0.310, P = 0.110).Conclusion
In 28 patients undergoing abdominal surgery, we found no association between serosal intestinal microcirculatory parameters and blood pressure.
SUBMITTER: Tavy AL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9923946 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tavy Arthur Lm AL de Bruin Anton Fj AF Boerma E Christiaan EC Ince Can C Hilty Matthias P MP Noordzij Peter G PG Boerma Djamila D van Iterson Mat M
Journal of intensive medicine 20210424 1
<h4>Background</h4>In clinical practice, blood pressure is used as a resuscitation goal on a daily basis, with the aim of maintaining adequate perfusion and oxygen delivery to target organs. Compromised perfusion is often indicated as a key factor in the pathophysiology of anastomotic leakage. This study was aimed at assessing the extent to which the microcirculation of the bowel coheres with blood pressure during abdominal surgery.<h4>Methods</h4>We performed a prospective and observational coh ...[more]