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- Title
Central venous to arterial pCO difference in cardiogenic shock.
- Authors
Markota, Andrej; Sinkovič, Andreja
- Abstract
In normal circumstances central venous to arterial pCO difference is approximately 1 kPa (7.5 mmHg). In shock states it is usually increased. We sought to evaluate the agreement between admission central venous to arterial pCO difference and mortality in patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock. We hypothesized that patients with higher central venous to arterial pCO difference on admission would have higher mortality. We retrospectively included 30 patients with acute myocardial infarction and cardiogenic shock (mean age 67 ± 10 years, 73 % men), of which 20 (67 %) died. Nonsignificant differences between survivors and nonsurvivors were observed in age, gender, admission mean blood pressure, heart rate, lactate, hemoglobin, peak troponin I, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, use of therapeutic hypothermia, vasopressors, inotropes, intraaortic balloon pump, and mechanical ventilation. A significant difference between survivors and nonsurvivors was observed in admission central venous to arterial pCO difference (1.35 ± 0.49 kPa vs. 0.83 ± 0.36 kPa, p = 0.003). In patients with admission central venous oxygen saturation over 70 %, we observed a significant difference in central venous to arterial pCO difference between survivors and nonsurvivors (1.33 ± 0.51 kPa vs. 0.7 ± 0.3 kPa, p = 0.003) and a nonsignificant difference between survivors and nonsurvivors in patients with admission central venous oxygen saturation under 70 % (1.38 ± 0.53 kPa vs. 1.25 ± 0.33 kPa, p = 0.37). Patients with decreased central venous to arterial pCO difference on admission seem to be at increased risk of dying even with admission central venous oxygen saturation over 70 %.
- Subjects
CARDIOGENIC shock; MYOCARDIAL infarction-related mortality; VEINS; THERAPEUTIC hypothermia; CARDIOPULMONARY resuscitation
- Publication
Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 2012, Vol 124, Issue 15/16, p500
- ISSN
0043-5325
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00508-012-0213-2