Changes in colloid oncotic pressure during cardiac surgery with different prime fluid strategies.

Beukers, Anne Maria; Hugo, Juan de Villiers; Haumann, Renard Gerardus; Boltje, Jan Willem Taco; Ie, Evy Loan Khiam; Loer, Stephan Alexander; Bulte, Carolien Suzanna Enna; Vonk, Alexander

Objective: In cardiac surgery, colloid oncotic pressure (COP) is affected by haemodilution that results from composition and volume of prime fluid of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). However, the extent to which different priming strategies alter COP is largely unknown. Therefore, we investigated the effect of different priming strategies on COP in on-pump cardiac surgery. Methods: Patients (n = 60) were divided into 3 groups (n = 20 each), based on the center in which they were operated and the specific prime fluid strategy used in that center during the inclusion period. CPB prime fluids were either gelofusine-, albumin-, or crystalloid based, the latter two with or without retrograde autologous priming. Results: In all groups, COP was lowest after weaning from CPB and one hour after CPB. Between groups, COP was lowest with gelofusine prime fluid (16.4, 16.8 mmHg, respectively) compared with crystalloids (MD: -1.9; 95% CI:-3.6, -0.2; p =.02 and MD: -2.4, 95% CI: -4.2, -0.7; p =.002) and albumin (MD: -1.8, 95% CI: -3.5, -0.50; p =.041 and MD: -2.4, 95% CI: -4.1, -0.7; p =.002). In all groups, the decrease in COP one hour after bypass compared to baseline correlated positively with fluid balance at the end of surgery (p <.001). Conclusions: COP significantly decrease during CPB surgery with the largest decrease in COP at the end of surgery, while at the same time fluid balance increases. We suggest that prime fluid strategy should be carefully selected when maintenance of COP during cardiac surgery is desirable.

NETHERLANDS; POLYMERS; EXTRAVASATION; DATA analysis; BLOOD proteins; SCIENTIFIC observation; CARDIOPULMONARY bypass; BLOOD plasma substitutes; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; CHI-squared test; PEPTIDES; COLLOIDS; LONGITUDINAL method; ELECTIVE surgery; WATER-electrolyte balance (Physiology); STATISTICS; ONE-way analysis of variance; INTRACLASS correlation; HEMODILUTION; ALBUMINS; CONFIDENCE intervals; DATA analysis software; CARDIAC surgery; REGRESSION analysis

Perfusion, 2024, Vol 39, Issue 7, p1371

0267-6591

Academic Journal

10.1177/02676591231193626