Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring in Free Flap Surgery (AHM)

Background: Anesthesia in free flap surgery is challenging. Monitoring of hemodynamic changes and their influence on the cardiovascular system in permanent feedback loops allow control, which is what anesthesiologists aim for to ensure an adequate blood flow and tissue oxygenation. The circulatory support and inferable volume administration are managed via heart rate (HR) and mean arterial pressure (MAP), but both parameters are influenced by variable components and are thus unfavorable for volume management. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether volume requirement may be assumable to additional monitoring parameters.

Methods: 31 patients were enrolled prospectively. HR, MAP, central venous pressure and O2 saturation were comprehended based on the protocols. We expanded the data set by a permanent blinded intraoperative monitoring with registration of the Cardiac Index (CI) and Stroke Volume Variation (SVV) and semi-invasive pulse-contour analysis utilizing the Pro-AQT-Device.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

We conducted a prospective cohort study in accordance with the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Standard general anesthesia with intubation and administration of sufentanil, propofol and esmeron relaxant was performed in all patients undergoing primary free flap reconstruction in course of a head and neck tumor reconstruction. Hemodynamic monitoring measurement of cardiac index and the parameter stroke volume variation as surrogate for cardiac pre-load was performed using a Pro-AQT Monitor. Using an arterial catheter previously set by the Seldinger technique as part of the standard equipment, the mean, diastolic and systolic arterial pressure was measured as part of the standard monitoring as presented. This tube was previously deaerated and flushed with 2% NaCl and connected in series with a sensor, which passes over electric line signals to the Pro-AQT-Monitor®. Based on previously entered patient data and an analysis of the arterial pulse curve characteristics, a cardiac index (CI) start-value is determined by the system. The sampling of the arterial pressure characteristics is affected by a signal having a frequency of 250 Hz. The start value is the basis for the further determination of HI trend values. The arterial pulse contour is continuously tapped and analyzed and offset against the determined start value. To calculate the cardiac index, the PICCO®-pulse contour algorithm is applied. Every 12 seconds, a new measurement is performed and documented by the system.

From the read logs ProAQT Monitor® the values of the CI, MAP, HR, stroke volume index (SVI), the stroke volume variation (SVV) and the systemic resistance index (SRI) were recorded at different measurement intervals throughout the operation. All parameters were evaluated for volume control in the course of the study.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

31

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

patients with oral squamous cell carcinoma undergoing tumor resection + primary reconstruction with a free flap

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18 years of age, free flap surgery, oral squamous cell carcinoma, informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  • <18 years of age, no informed consent

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Cohort
  • Time Perspectives: Prospective

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Pro-AQT-Monitoting
Patients with OSCC of the jaws and tumor resection + primary free flap reconstruction
Use of the device for advanced hemodynamic monitoring

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Stroke Volume Variance (SVV)
Time Frame: during the surgical intervention
during the surgical intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Mean arterial pressure
Time Frame: during the surgical intervention
during the surgical intervention
heart rate
Time Frame: during the surgical intervention
during the surgical intervention
cardiac index
Time Frame: during the surgical intervention
during the surgical intervention
standard resistance index
Time Frame: during the surgical intervention
during the surgical intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Johannes Wikner, MD DMD, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2014

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2014

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 24, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 24, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

May 30, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

May 30, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 24, 2017

Last Verified

May 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 002 (University of CT Health Center)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

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