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What are the relevant hemodynamic targets<br />

during septic shock and or during ARDS?<br />

(interactive session)<br />

C<strong>as</strong>e Study<br />

A 62 year old woman is admitted to ICU in a coma related to<br />

drug induced self poisoning. This is complicated by <strong>as</strong>piration<br />

pneumonia and moderate renal failure. She h<strong>as</strong> a previous history<br />

of COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Dise<strong>as</strong>e), and<br />

severe hypertension. A culture of her tracheal secretions reveals<br />

evidence of Staph aureus, so she w<strong>as</strong> commenced on<br />

amoxicillin–clavulanic acid combination. She w<strong>as</strong> intubated<br />

and ventilated.<br />

Her blood pressure then dropped from 90/63/50 to 65/43/32<br />

mmHg, with a blood lactate of 3.5 mm/L, and PaO / FiO ratio<br />

2 2<br />

of 280. She w<strong>as</strong> given a rapid infusion of one liter of normal<br />

saline, and a norepinephrine (NE) infusion w<strong>as</strong> started at 0.3<br />

µg/Kg/min.<br />

Post Infusion hemodynamics<br />

ABP 74/55/45 mmHg<br />

Urine flow Low<br />

PaO 2 /FiO 2 ratio 210<br />

Lactate 4 mmol/L<br />

Echocardiography showed a left ventricular ejection fraction<br />

(LVEF) of 60%, no left ventricular dilatation and moderate right<br />

ventricular dilatation. An arterial catheter and central venous<br />

catheter were inserted - ScvO 2 70%, CVP 10 mmHg and PPV<br />

20%.<br />

Professor Jean Louis Teboul<br />

<strong>Medical</strong> ICU, Bicetre Hospital, University Paris South, France<br />

Prof Teboul is a Professor of Therapeutics and Critical Care Medicine, at the University Paris-<br />

South in France. He works clinically at the medical intensive care unit of the Bicetre University<br />

Hospital near Paris. His main research interests are in heart-lung interactions, cardiov<strong>as</strong>cular<br />

performance, regional blood flow <strong>as</strong>sessment, tissue oygenation, inv<strong>as</strong>ive and noninv<strong>as</strong>ive hemodynamic<br />

monitoring, and <strong>as</strong>sessment of volume status. Prof Teboul h<strong>as</strong> published around<br />

130 original papers and 100 book chapters, almost all of them in the field of hemodynamics. He<br />

h<strong>as</strong> given 230 invited lectures in international congresses and 150 invited lectures in French<br />

congresses.<br />

Question 1: How much can we rely on the CVP<br />

value in this patient (10mmHg)?<br />

80<br />

70<br />

60<br />

50<br />

40<br />

30<br />

20<br />

10<br />

0<br />

It suggests a<br />

normal right ventricular<br />

preload<br />

It suggests a<br />

high right ventricular<br />

preload<br />

Right ventricular<br />

preload can<br />

still be low<br />

It suggests fluid<br />

unresponsiveness<br />

*Results (in%) of the votes of an interactive session (audience 300) during ISICEM, 2012<br />

Central venous pressure is commonly cited <strong>as</strong> one of the goals<br />

for resuscitation. The Surviving Sepsis Guidelines(1) give a<br />

range of 8-12mmHg for initial resuscitation (first 6 hours) quoting<br />

the Rivers study <strong>as</strong> its main source (2). This study however,<br />

used the same range in both treatment arms and so therefore<br />

did not test this parameter for its sensitivity <strong>as</strong> a resuscitation<br />

goal. The CVP is not a simple me<strong>as</strong>urement. It is affected by<br />

many confounding factors including PEEP, the fact that it must<br />

be me<strong>as</strong>ured at the end of expiration, and even whether the<br />

transducer h<strong>as</strong> been placed at the anatomical zero level. In fact<br />

the CVP h<strong>as</strong> been repeatedly shown in the literature to not <strong>as</strong>sess<br />

right ventricular preload appropriately, and it is not able to<br />

predict fluid responsiveness (3, 4).<br />

The CVP should not be used to make clinical decisions regarding<br />

fluid management.

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