6. INDICATION
Indications:
• Rapid moment to moment BP changes
• Frequent blood sampling
• Circulatory therapies: bypass, vasoactive drugs, deliberate hypotension
• Failure of indirect BP: burns, morbid obesity
• Pulse contour analysis
7. Contraindications
• Absence of collateral flow
• Raynaud's disease and cold infusions
• Angiopathy, coagulopathy (recent anti-coag. or thrombolytic infusion
increases risk of hematoma and compressive neuropathy),
atherosclerosis: Use Caution!
• Avoid locating near A-V fistula, and inserting through synthetic graft
• Diabetics at increased risk of complications
• Avoid local infection, burn or traumatic sites
• Avoid extremities with carpal tunnel syndrome
12. Alternative Sites
FEMORAL ARTERY –
• Largest artery commonly selected for monitoring BP
• Risk of distal ischemia after femoral art. cannulation is reduced
owing to large diameter of artery
• Atherosclerotic plaque embolization is more likely during initial
guidewire and catheter placement.
• Seldinger’s technique
• Puncture below inguinal ligament
13. AXILLARY ARTERY
• The axillary artery provide for long-term pressure monitoring
• Advantages
Patient comfort, mobility, and access to a central arterial pressure waveform.
• Complications
Similar in incidence to radial and femoral artery catheterization.
• If the axillary approach is chosen, the left side is preferred over the right because
the axillary catheter tip will lie distal to the aortic arch and great vessels.
• Risk of cerebral embolization is increased whenever more centrally located
arterial catheters are used
14. Technical Aspects of Direct Blood Pressure
Measurement
• Pressure signal is influenced significantly by measuring system, including arterial
catheter, extension tubing, stopcocks, flush devices, transducer, amplifier, and
recorder.
• Underdamped, second-order dynamic systems.
• Fluid-filled systems - mass-spring systems that demonstrate simple harmonic
motion and exhibit similar behavior that depends on the
1.physical properties of elasticity,
2. mass, and
3. friction
15. 3 properties determine system's operating characteristics- frequency response or
dynamic response, which in turn are characterized by 2 imp. system parameters
1. natural frequency (fn, ω) and
2. damping coefficient (ζ, Z, α, D)
Natural frequency of monitoring system quantifies how rapidly system oscillates
Damping coefficient quantifies frictional forces that act on system and determine
how rapidly it comes to rest
16. • Arterial BP- waveform periodic complex wave
• Fourier analysis.
• Original pressure wave has characteristic periodicity termed
fundamental frequency, which is equal to HR.
• HR is reported in bpm
• Fundamental frequency is reported in cycles per second or hertz (Hz).
18. • 6 to 10 harmonics are required to provide distortion-free
reproduction of most arterial pressure waveforms.
• Accurate blood pressure measurement in a patient with a PR of 120
bpm (2 cycles/sec or 2 Hz) requires monitoring system dynamic
response of 12 to 20 Hz.
• The faster the HR and the steeper the systolic pressure upstroke, the
greater the dynamic response demands on monitoring system.
19. • Most catheter-transducer systems are underdamped but have an
acceptable natural frequency that exceeds 12 Hz.
• If system's natural frequency is lower than 7.5 Hz, the pressure
waveform is often distorted, and no amount of damping adjustment
can restore monitored waveform to resemble original waveform.
• If natural frequency can be increased sufficiently (e.g., 24 Hz),
damping will have minimal effect on monitored waveform, and
faithful reproduction of intravascular pressure is achieved
23. INFERENCE
• Pressure monitoring system will have optimal dynamic response if its natural
frequency is as high as possible.
• Best achieved by using short lengths of stiff pressure tubing and limiting the
number of stopcocks and other monitoring system appliances.
• Blood clots and air bubbles trapped and concealed in stopcocks and other
connection points will have similar adverse influences on the system's dynamic
response
24. Components of Pressure Monitoring Systems
• Intra-arterial catheter
• Tubing,
• Stopcocks,
• In-line blood sampling set,
• Pressure transducer,
• Continuous-flush device, and
• Electronic cable connecting the bedside monitor and waveform
display screen.
25. • Stopcocks in system provide sites for blood sampling and allow
transducer to be exposed to atmospheric pressure to establish a zero
reference value.
• Blood sampling ports and in-line aspiration systems permit drawing of
blood without use of sharp needles and .
26. FLUSHING SYSTEM
• Flush device provides continuous, slow (1 to 3 mL/hr) infusion of
saline to purge monitoring system and prevent thrombus formation
within arterial catheter.
• Dextrose solutions should not be used because flush contamination
of sampled blood may cause serious errors in blood glucose
measurement.
• A dilute concentration of heparin (1 to 2 units heparin/mL saline) has
been added to the flush solution to further reduce the incidence of
catheter thrombosis, but this practice increases the risk for heparin-
induced thrombocytopenia and should be avoided.
30. Transducer Setup: Zeroing and Leveling
• The transducer is set to zero reference—ambient atmospheric
pressure—against which all intravascular pressures are measured.
• This process underscores the fact that all pressures displayed on the
monitor are referenced to atmospheric pressure outside the body.
32. • Adjustment of arterial transducer level to a diff. position on body. It is
critically important to recognize that when this is done, the pressure
is being measured at the level of transducer and not at level of the
aortic root.
• e.g. during sitting neurosurgical operations, if arterial pressure
transducer is raised to a level even with the patient's ear to
approximate the location of the circle of Willis, the clinician is
measuring blood pressure at the level of the brain and must recognize
that aortic root pressure is higher (by an amount equal to vertical
difference in ht. between pressure transducer and aortic root).
33. • . Raising height of bed relative to transducer will cause overestimation
of BP
• whereas lowering patient below transducer will cause
underestimation BP.
36. 1st shoulder (the Inotropic Component): early systole, opening of aortic valve, transfer of energy from
contracting LV to aorta
2nd shoulder (the Volume Displacement Component): produced by continuous ejection of stroke
volume from LV, displacement of blood, and distention of the arterial wall
Diastole: when the rate of peripheral runoff exceeds volume input to the arterial circulation
37. Possible Information gained from a pressure
waveform
• Systolic, diastolic, and mean pressure
• Myocardial contractility (dP/dt)
• Peripheral vascular resistance (slope of diastolic runoff)
• Stroke volume (area under the pulse pressure curve)
• Cardiac output (SV x HR)
38. As BP is measured farther into periphery:
• Pressure waveforms recorded simultaneously from diff arterial sites will
have different morphologies because of physical characteristics of
vascular tree, namely, impedance and harmonic resonance
• The anacrotic and dicrotic notches disappear
• The waveform appears narrower
• The systolic and pulse pressure increase
• The upstroke becomes steeper
• The diastolic and mean pressure decrease
40. Distal pulse wave amplification of the
arterial pressure waveform. When
compared with pressure in the aortic
arch, the more peripherally recorded
femoral artery pressure waveform
demonstrates a wider pulse pressure
(compare 1 and 2); a delayed upstroke
(3); a delayed, slurred dicrotic notch
(compare arrows); and a more
prominent diastolic wave.
69. • Made of poly vinyl chloride
• OD 5 – 7 & 110 cm long
pliable shaft that softens at
body temperature
Thermister
•4 cm from the tip
•Detects Bl temp changes for
calculation of CO
Proximal lumen (Rt
Atrial lumen)
Ends 30 cm from the tip
Measures CVP
Distal lumen (pulm
artery lumen)
Ends at the tip
Measures Pulm artery
pressure and PCWP
Balloon is 12mm
from the tip.
Wedges catheter
for measuring
PCWP
Balloon
inflation port
with 1.5 ml lock
syringe
Special accessories
1. Pacemaker channel end 14
cm from catheter tip for
temporary pace maker
insertion.
2. Rapid response thermistor
measuring EF of Rt ventricle
3. Oximetric catheter optical
hookup continuous
monitoring of mixed venous
O2 saturation
4. Thermal filament located near
the tip continuous
measurement of CO
70. Pulmonary Artery Catheterization
• Continuous pressure
monitoring during PAC insertion
is required to determine
location of the catheter tip.
• Inflate the balloon when the
20cm mark is at the hub of the
introducer.
• Advance the PAC until the
pulmonary capillary wedge
pressure (PCWP) is obtained,
usually around 45-55cm at the
hub.
72. Indications For PAP & PCWP Monitoring
Cardiac surgery:
i) Poor LV function (EF<0.4; LVEDP> 18 mm Hg)
ii) Recent MI
iii) Complications of MI eg. MR, VSD, ventricular aneurysm.
iv) Combined lesions eg. CAD+MR or CAD+AS
v) IABP
Non-cardiac situations:
i) Shock of any cause
ii) Severe pulmonary disease
iii) Complicated surgical procedure
iv) Massive trauma
v) Hepatic transplantation
vi)Ventilator management>determining the best PEEP
73. • Contraindications
• Absolute
• Tricuspid or Pulmonary valve stenosis
• RA or RV masses
• Tetralogy of Fallot
• Relative
• Severe arrhythmias
• Coagulopathy
• Newly inserted pacemaker wires
121. Monitoring IV Volume Status
Static parameters
• BP
• HR
• Urine output
• CVP
• Mixed venous oxygen saturation
Dynamic parameters
• Indices based on respiratory
variation (Arterial pressure
waveforms) - PPV, SVV, SPV or
changes in IVC diameter
• PVI
• Aortic blood flow
• SV estimation - Esophageal
doppler/ arterial waveform
analysis
• Passive leg raising
• End expiratory occlusion test
• LV size estimation - TEE
122. Monitoring IV Volume Status- Static parameters
BP and HR
• Not predictable in individual patients
• Healthy young patient with subclinical hypovolemia has normal HR
and BP because of stress response of surgery which activated SNS and
RAS
• Patient on Beta Blockers - not manifest tachycardia in response to
hypovolemia
123. Monitoring IV Volume Status- Static parameters
Urine Output
• Oligouira < 0.5 ml/kg/hr - Indication of hypovolemia
• However anaesthesia and surgical stress can decrease urine output
• If patient is euvolemic and administration of fluid is done to treat
oligouria - Fluid Overload
• Traditional targets of 0.5 ml/kg/hr are not warranted
• But sustained oligouria < 0.3 ml/kg/hr - increase risk of renal injury
124. Monitoring IV Volume Status
CVP and Pulmonary artery occlusion pressure
Inaccurate surrogates
• To determine cardiac preload
• Poor predictors of fluid responsiveness
• Do not detect/predict impending pulmonary edema indicative of
hypervolemia
125. Monitoring IV Volume Status- Static parameters
Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation SVO2
• Propotional to Cardiac output, tissue perfusion and tissue oxygen
delivery
• Inversely propotional to tissue oxygen consumption
• Do not reflect changes in tissue perfusion during perioperative period
when oxygen consumption varies
126. Monitoring IV Volume Status- Dynamic
parameters
Indices based on respiratory variation
• Pulse pressure variation
• Stroke volume variation
• Systolic pressure variation
• Changes in IVC diameter
Can be observed or measured to assess responses to fluid challenges
129. Monitoring IV Volume Status- Dynamic parameters
• Changes in Venous return - Lead to variation in stroke volume, pulse
pressure and SBP
• Normal respiratory variations < 10 %
• Greater variation - Fluid responsiveness
• Need to administer fluids
132. Monitoring IV Volume Status- Dynamic parameters
Not useful
• Open chest procedures
• MV with low TV < 8 ml/kg or high PEEP > 15 cm H2O
• Elevated intraabdominal pressures
• Cardiac arrythmias
• RV failure
• Requirement for vasomotor infusions
133. Monitoring IV Volume Status- Dynamic parameters
IVC diameter
• Cyclical changes in IVC diameter measured by Echocardiograhy -
Predict fluid responsiveness
• Distensibility index of IVC
• Collapsability of SVC
• Not conducive to continuous monitoring
• SVC - TEE
134. Monitoring IV Volume Status- Dynamic parameters
The end expiratory occlusion test
• During MV each insufflation increases intrathoracic pressure -
decreases venous return
• Interrupting MV during an end-expiratory occlusion can increase
preload sufficiently to predict fluid responsiveness
• Increase in CO and arterial pulse pressure > 5 %
• Reliable in cases of arrythmias and low TV
136. Monitoring IV Volume Status- Dynamic
parameters
Passive leg raising
• In spontaneously breathing patients
• Lifting the legs passively from the horizontal position induces a
gravitational transfer of blood from the lower limbs toward the
intrathoracic compartment
• Blood transferred to heart increases LV preload - challenges Frank
Starling curve
• Reversible autotransfusion
• Easy to use
137. Monitoring IV Volume Status- Dynamic
parameters
Procedure
• Elevate lower limbs to 450
(automatic bed elevation or wedge pillow)
• At the same time place patient supine from a 450
semirecumbent
position
• ADV - starting from semirecumbent position induces larger increase in
preload because it induces shift from both legs and abdominal
compartment
• C/I - Intraabdominal hypertension
#17:Fourier Analysis:
Process of analysing a complex waveform in terms of constituent sine waves.
Arterial waveform can be broken up into a series of component sine waves with different amplitudes and frequencies
Arterial pressure wave consists of a fundamental wave (pulse rate) and a series of harmonic waves (smaller waves whose frequencies are multiples of fundamental freq.)
Crude arterial waveform can be reconstructed with 2 sine waves, fundamental frequency and second harmonic.
6-10 harmonics required for distortion free reproduction of arterial waveforms.
#122:20% of the circulating volume
must be lost before any change in these parameters
is seen.
#129:responsiveness.
The minimum volume of fluid to cause a
significant haemodynamic effect has been demonstrated
to be 4 ml/kg [11&]. Finally, not only the
volume of fluid but also the timing of administration
is important to consider. It has been recently
shown that the longer the duration of the fluid
challenge, the lower the proportion of fluid
responders
#130:Positive pressure
mechanical ventilation induces a cyclic reduction in
left ventricular preload mainly through a decrease in venous
return, with this effect more pronounced in hypovolemia.
#137:hen ventilation is stopped at expiration, the cyclic
impediment in venous return caused by each insufflation
is interrupted. This leads to an increase in
right cardiac preload. The duration of interruption
(15 s) is sufficient to allow the resulting increase in
right ventricular stroke volume (in case of preload
responsive right ventricle) to cross the pulmonary
circulation and in turn increase the left cardiac
preload. This is an effective preload challenge for
both ventricles. The essential limit is that it cannot
be used in patients whose respiratory activity does
not allow a 15-s hold without interrupting it
#139:can be used in spontaneously breathing pts, cardiac arrythmias, low tv and low pulmonary compliance
The passive leg raising maneuver transfers about 300 ml
of venous blood into the right atrium, mimicking a fluid
bolus.25
#140:One of the limitations of the PLR test is that it
cannot be performed in some circumstances like
during surgical interventions or in patients during
prone positioning
In addition, this measurement
of cardiac output must detect changes in cardiac
output in real time to capture the maximum effects
of the PLR test, which occur within seconds and
vanish after 1 min in some patients
pulse contour analysis, VTI by echo or esophageal doppler, changes in end tidal co2
need real time changes
#142:To circumvent this limit, a ‘tidal
volume challenge’ has been developed [33&], which
consists inincreasing tidal volume from6 to 8ml/kg
for a few minutes. If PPV increases at least 3.5% (in
absolute value) during the test, preload responsiveness
is likely [33&]. The test has the advantage of not
requiring a direct measurement of cardiac output
Sometimes, even during normal tidal volume
ventilation, it can be difficult to interpret PPV,
when its value lies in a zone of uncertainty (between
9 and 13%) described by Cannesson et al. as a [35]
‘gray zone’. A recent study showed that in such a
situation, the increase in PPV predicted fluid
responsiveness when tidal volume was increased
from 8 to 12ml/kg