Investigation of the feasibility of using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to monitor microvascular function in critically ill patients.
This is a prospective observational study using non-invasive NIRS for microvascular monitoring in the ICU. The study involves no interventions above standard of care other than the application of the NIRS monitors. NIRS will be applied to skeletal muscle and the brain longitudinally throughout ICU admission. Vital signs are extracted continuously from the ICU monitor and clinical data are recorded from patient records. The broad goals of the study are: 1. Determine the feasibility of longitudinal NIRS monitoring in ICU patients 2. Determine the ability to derive patient-specific microvascular metrics using NIRS 3. Explore the relationship between microvascular metrics and ICU mortality
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
100
NIRS applied on skeletal muscle and brain on days 1, 3, and 8 of ICU admission. Monitoring applied for up to 24hrs on each day.
Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
RECRUITINGRecruitment
Recruitment of two patients per month from each study site
Time frame: 30 days
protocol adherence
collection of NIRS and clinical data for each monitoring session
Time frame: 14 days
NIRS and vital sign data quality
NIRS and vital sign data is \>50% free of artifacts for \>80% of recording sessions to enable further analysis
Time frame: 14 days
Optimal Map (MAPopt) derivation
when MAP and NIRS data available together, ability to derive MAPopt from \>80% of recording sessions using correlation analysis
Time frame: 14 days
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