title: Monitoring hepatic venous hemoglobin oxygen saturation in patients undergoing liver surgery.
abstract: Hepatic venous oxygen saturation (ShvO2) was continuously monitored in 33 consecutive patients undergoing hepatic lobectomy. Fiberoptic pulmonary artery catheters were inserted into the hepatic vein (HV) and in the pulmonary artery through the right internal jugular vein before anesthetic induction. The success rate and mean time for HV catheterization were 100% and 14 min, respectively. The only complication of the procedure was nonsustained atrial or ventricular arrhythmias. Eighteen patients showed decreases in ShvO2 to less than 30% at skin incision, at temporary cessation of hepatic inflow, and/or at surgical manipulation of the liver. Clinical HV catheterization was easy to accomplish and may be a valuable technique in studying the extent and significance of hepatic ischemia during liver surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kainuma
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shitaokoshi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shimada
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002406:Catheterization, Peripheral / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006503:Hepatic Veins; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000601:surgery*; D008102:Liver Circulation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D010100:Oxygen