Document Detail


Intra-abdominal hypertension can be monitored with femoral vein catheters during CRRT and may cause access recirculation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20860907     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) is an increasingly recognized disorder, and its diagnosis depends on accurate pressure monitoring. Bladder-based protocols are favored, but are not always clinically feasible. Abdominal venous (i.e. vena cava) pressure measurements are an alternative but are logistically challenging. We hypothesized that for patients suffering acute kidney injury, transducers built into renal replacement therapy (RRT) machines offer a simple opportunity to monitor pressures using catheters inserted via femoral veins. DESIGN: We performed in vitro testing of the accuracy of pressure transducers incorporated into continuous RRT devices, using highly calibrated instrumentation in the IAH-relevant range of 0 to +50 mmHg. We developed a protocol for using this modality in vivo, by stopping all pumps so as to allow equilibration of pressures: clinical application in a patient with femoral vein catheters and IAH was then described. RESULTS: In vitro analyses showed accuracy of the extracorporeal pressure transducers with an r² of 0.998, p < 0.001. In the patient case, the pressure transduced at the RRT device was identical to those obtained from bladder catheters. IAH also led to access recirculation and ineffective therapy. CONCLUSIONS: Pressure sensors incorporated into continuous RRT machines can be accurate in the IAH physiologic range, and thus may be used to easily measure intra-abdominal pressure via appropriate-length femoral vein-inserted access catheters. If not relieved, IAH can be an under-appreciated cause of access recirculation and ineffective clearance for any RRT modality (continuous or intermittent) using femoral catheters.
Authors:
P Sood; B Dass; C Bakuzonis; E A Ross
Related Documents :
16932037 - Validation of three oscillometric blood pressure devices against auscultatory mercury s...
17303987 - Validation of the braun bp 3550 wrist blood pressure measuring device with a position s...
20376077 - Determining which automatic digital blood pressure device performs adequately: a system...
17702507 - Relative blood volume based biofeedback during haemodialysis.
2206067 - Does the umbilical artery systolic/diastolic ratio reflect flow or acidosis? an umbilic...
9515637 - The treatment of pressure sores: a comparison of novice and expert nurses' knowledge, i...
Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Clinical nephrology     Volume:  74     ISSN:  0301-0430     ISO Abbreviation:  Clin. Nephrol.     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-23     Completed Date:  2010-11-02     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0364441     Medline TA:  Clin Nephrol     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  223-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Division of Nephrology, Hypertension and Transplantation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
Export Citation:
APA/MLA Format     Download EndNote     Download BibTex
MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Abdomen / physiopathology*,  surgery
Aged
Catheterization, Peripheral*
Femoral Vein*
Humans
Hypertension / physiopathology*,  surgery
Kidney Failure, Acute / physiopathology,  therapy
Male
Monitoring, Physiologic / instrumentation*,  methods*
Renal Replacement Therapy*
Transducers, Pressure*

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine


Previous Document:  Incidence and clinical course of lercanidipine-associated cloudy effluent in continuous ambulatory p...
Next Document:  Spontaneous retroperitoneal hemorrhage in dialysis: a presentation of 5 cases and review of the lite...