title: [Thoracic electric impedance and fluid balance during aortic surgery].
abstract: Indices of fluid balance were evaluated during and after aortic surgery in 16 consecutive patients. Thoracic electrical impedance (TI), heart rate (HR), central venous (CVP), pulmonary artery mean (PAMP), pulmonary wedge (PWP) and mean arterial (MAP) pressures as well as fourteen arterial and venous blood gas variables were followed. Consistent with a reduction of TI during the operation, fluid balance was in excess, and it remained elevated on the first postoperative morning. The HR, MAP and PWP remained stable, while CVP and PAMP decreased. Of the determined variables only TI revealed a meaningful correlation to fluid balance (rho = -0.41; p < 0.01). The results indicate that while central venous and pulmonary artery mean pressures gave the impression of a volume deficit, the positive fluid balance was mirrored by thoracic electrical impedance.
authors.affiliation: Anaestesiologisk afdeling, Rigshospitalet, København.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jónsson
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lunding
authors.forename: N H
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Secher
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D017097:Electric Impedance; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013909:Thorax / Q000502:physiology*; D014882:Water-Electrolyte Balance
vernacular_title: Torakal elektrisk impedans og vaeskebalance ved operationer på aorta.