The Polynomial Correlation Between The Cardiac Index And The Systemic Vascular Resistance Esteemed By The Bedside Echoscopy In The Frail Comorbid Patients
摘要
The interest in the development of new technologies for systemic haemodynamic monitoring is increasing in the literature, applying physiology to daily practice, at the bedside of the frail comorbid patient.
MethodsWe enrolled 88 patients (76.3 ± 12.0 year, mean ± standard deviation) of the Internal Medicine Unit—Holding Area of the S.Andrea Hospital of Rome, with frailty and comorbidity. Every patient received a complete clinical examination and a bedside echoscopy through standard views, for the measurements of the left ventricle telesystolic and telediastolic volumes (TSV, TDV) and the inferior vena cava collapsibility.
ResultsThe sample group presented: body mass index (BMI) = 25.2 ± 3.8, systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP) = 123.4 ± 18.4 and 72.1 ± 11.3 mmHg, heart rate (HR) = 76.0 ± 14.1 bpm, comorbidity = 6.7 ± 3.2 coexisting diseases.
The TDV, TSV volumes and the ejection fraction (EF) were respectively: 72.7 ± 33.6, 38.6 ± 25.7 and 50.3 + 15.1%. The haemodynamic parameters were: cardiac output (CO) = 2.7 ± 1.3 l/min, cardiac index (CI) = 1.5 ± 0.7 l/min/m2, central venous pressure (CVP) = 8.6 ± 2.6 mmHg, SVR (systemic vascular resistance) = 3401.8 ± 2230.4 dyne × sec/cm5 and SVR index (SVRI) = 4996.0 ± 3104.8 dyne × sec/cm5/m2.
The linear regression analysis between CO and SVR and between CI and SVRI resulted respectively: r = -0.868 (p = 2.8 × 10–23) and r = -0.867 (p = 9.7 × 10–24). The polynomial regression analysis between CO and SVR and between CI and SVRI showed more significant results, respectively: R2 = 0.828 (p = 1.8 × 10–27) and R2 = 0.805 (p = 1.2 × 10–25).
ConclusionsIn conclusion, the present study showed that the bedside POCUS approach supports an advanced clinical examination with significant advantages for the frail comorbid patients, since it is accurate, less expensive, repeatable and not invasive.