Preoperative venous return stability and euvolemia is essential in management of morbidly obese patients. Fluid therapy regimes for patients with high BMI, especially with focus on preoperative management, are rare and not in consensus.The aim of this study was to evaluate preoperative effects of a standardized, ideal body weight (IBW) based volume-challenge on hemodynamics, stroke volume and level of venous return to the heart.
34 morbidly obese patients scheduled for bariatric surgery underwent a preoperative three-week preparation by rapid-weight-loss-diet (RWL) to be accepted for bariatric surgery. Preoperative transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) was performed in the awake state before and after volume-challenge (VC) based on 6ml colloids /kg IBW. Feasibility of standardized VC was evaluated by TTE. Dynamic and non-dynamic echocardiographic indices for VC were studied. Main outcome measures: Volume-responsiveness and level of venous return before and after volume-challenge were assessed by TTE. An increase of stroke volume ≥ 13% was considered as a volume-responder.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
34
Preoperative transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) was performed in the awake state before and after volume challenge based on 6ml colloids /kg ideal body weight.
Sunderby county hospital
Luleå, Norrbotten County, Sweden
level of venous return
Time frame: 0,1 hour
Volume-responsiveness
Time frame: 0,1 hour
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