Relationship Between Microcirculatory Flow Alterations and Tissue Metabolism

Medical Centre Leeuwarden

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cardiac Surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00547859

TPO 503

ABR 19609

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to correlate microcirculatory flow and rectal anaerobe cellular CO2 production in patients after cardiac surgery. The hypothesis is that such a correlation exists.

Full description

Sidestream Darkfield imaging is used to determine rectal microcirculatory flow in patients after postoperative cardiac surgery. At the same time PCO2 gap is established by monitoring rectal CO2 (tonometry) and arterial CO2 After initial enrollment and first analysis we also includes a control group with equal inclusion criteria for sublingual SDF imaging.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• cardiac surgery
• informed consent
• age > 18

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy
• off pump procedure
• rectal fecal contamination