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Conjunctival oxygen tension monitoring in experimental septic shock

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Abstract

Continuous non-invasive monitoring of conjunctival oxygen tension (PcjO2) versus ‘conventional’ invasive hemodynamic and oxygen transport variables was evaluated in a porcine model of septic shock induced by a continuous i.v. infusion of E.coli endotoxin over 2 hours. Seventeen pigs under ketamine anesthesia and breathing air spontaneously were investigated. PcjO2, which reflects local oxygen tension at tissue level, correlated significantly at baseline and throughout the septic course with mixed venous oxygen saturation and oxygen utilization coefficient. All these correlations were significant at the 1% level. The corresponding correlations between PcjO2 and cardiac output were significant at the 5% level. A finding of great importance was that changes in PcjO2 preceded major changes in the intermittently measured physiological variables such as SvO2 and cardiac output.

We conclude that PcjO2 monitoring is a valuable non-invasive method and which can provide a continuous assessment of the hemodynamic and oxygenation status in experimental septic shock.

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    J. van der Linden, J. Modig M.D., Ph.D. & L. Wiklund

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van der Linden, J., Modig, J. & Wiklund, L. Conjunctival oxygen tension monitoring in experimental septic shock. J Clin Monit Comput 6, 37–43 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01723371

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