The use of cardiac output monitoring to guide intraoperative fluid management and inotropic drugs as part of a hemodynamic therapy algorithm reduce the complication rate in major abdominal surgery. The FloTrac/Vigileo system (© Edwards Lifesciences) (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA) device estimate cardiac output by using arterial pulse contour analysis. The accuracy of FloTrac/Vigileo have been proven in patients with normal cardiac index. Most of studies regarding FloTrac/Vigileo were performed in patients in horizontal supine position, which is not usually the reality in the operation theater during abdominal surgery. Therefore, the investigators realized this monocentric prospective clinical trial to study the accuracy and trending ability of the fourth generation FloTrac/Vigileo system cardiac output estimation in three different positions (horizontal supine, Trendelenburg and reverse Trendelenburg positions) in anesthetized patients undergoing elective major abdominal surgery. The reference method of cardiac output measurement used was the transesophageal echocardiography.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
40
Concomitant cardiac output measurement with transesophageal echocardiography and with the FloTrac/Vigileo system (© Edwards Lifesciences) (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA) device in 3 different positions (horizontal supine, Trendelenburg and reverse Trendelenburg position).
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
To verify the FloTrac/Vigileo's ability to estimate cardiac output (L/min) in horizontal supine position.
To study the fourth generation FloTrac/Vigileo system accuracy to estimate cardiac output (L/min) in horizontal supine position in anesthetized patients undergoing elective major abdominal surgery. The reference method of cardiac output (L/min) measurement used was the transesophageal echocardiography. The two cardiac output measurement techniques were assessed using Bland-Altman method.
Time frame: Baseline
To verify the FloTrac/Vigileo's ability to estimate cardiac output (L/min) in Trendelenburg position.
To study the fourth generation FloTrac/Vigileo system accuracy to estimate cardiac output (L/min) in Trendelenburg position in anesthetized patients undergoing elective major abdominal surgery. The reference method of cardiac output (L/min) measurement used was the transesophageal echocardiography. The two cardiac output measurement techniques were assessed using Bland-Altman method.
Time frame: Baseline
To verify the FloTrac/Vigileo's ability to estimate cardiac output (L/min) in reverse Trendelenburg position.
To study the fourth generation FloTrac/Vigileo system accuracy to estimate cardiac output (L/min) in reverse Trendelenburg position in anesthetized patients undergoing elective major abdominal surgery. The reference method of cardiac output (L/min) measurement used was the transesophageal echocardiography. The two cardiac output measurement techniques were assessed using Bland-Altman method.
Time frame: Baseline
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