Cardiac Cycle Efficiency and Postoperative Troponin

Overview

Knowing how intraoperative anesthesia management and cardiac cycle monitoring affect postoperative cardiac outcomes in patients undergoing pancreatic surgery can help develop a protocol for future cases. Whether cardiac damage following non-cardiac surgery can be prevented and the necessary precautions are not yet clear, and the most important finding when it occurs is elevated troponin levels. This can occur even without ECG changes or chest pain. Prevention could contribute to a reduction in postoperative morbidity and mortality, and a shorter hospital stay. The primary aim of this study is to evaluate the correlation between the duration of cardiac cycle efficiency remaining below zero and increased troponin levels.

In patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery with cardiac risk factors, baseline values for preoperative troponin and pro-BNP are monitored as recommended by guidelines, followed by daily troponin monitoring for at least 3 days. Pancreatic surgeries are classified as high-risk surgeries by relevant guidelines, and cardiac output monitoring is recommended in this patient group with a Class 1A indication and evidence level. In this context, cardiac output monitoring with arterial wave analysis is routinely performed in our clinic, and the relevant parameters are followed. This observational study will examine the correlation between the intraoperative cardiac turnover trend and the highest troponin value within 3 days postoperatively. No specific intervention or protocol will be applied to the patients for this study. Preoperative troponin testing and postoperative troponin monitoring are recommended for patients over 65 years of age undergoing high-risk surgery, and for patients over 45 years of age with cardiac risk factors (history of cerebrovascular events, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, history of coronary artery disease, history of heart failure, serum creatinine \> 2 mg/dL, high-risk surgery). In general surgery clinics, this monitoring is routinely performed in this patient group, in accordance with the recommendations of relevant guidelines, to reduce perioperative morbidity/mortality.

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