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Revista Colombia Médica
Universidad del Valle - Facultad de Salud
ISSN: 0120-8322 EISSN: 0120-8322
Vol. 43, No. 2, 2012, pp. 182-185
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Bioline Code: rc12027
Full paper language: English
Document type: View Point
Document available free of charge
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Revista Colombia Médica, Vol. 43, No. 2, 2012, pp. 182-185
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¿Should we stop using the determination of central venous pressure as a way to estimate cardiac preload?
Arias, Johann Smith Cerón & Ñañez, Manuel Felipe Muñoz
Abstract
The determination of the values of central venous pressure has long been used as a guideline for volumetric therapy in the
resuscitation of the critical patient, but the performance of such parameter is currently being questioned as an effective
measurement of cardiac preload. This has aroused great interest in the search for more accurate parameters to determine
cardiac preload and a patient’s blood volume.
Goals and Methodology: Based on literature currently available, we aim to discuss the performance of central venous
pressure as an effective parameter to determine cardiac preload.
Results and Conclusion: Estimating variables such as end-diastolic ventricular area and global end-diastolic volume have
a better performance than central venous pressure in determining cardiac preload. Despite the best performance of these
devices, central venous pressure is still considered in our setting as the most practical and most commonly available way
to assess the patient’s preload.
Only dynamic variables such as pulse pressure change are superior in determining an individual’s blood volume.
Keywords
central venous pressure, blood volume, stroke volume, pulse pressure change,global end-diastolic volume, end-diastolic area
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