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has shown modest outcome benet in preliminary studies of post­CABG patients.
Serial measurements of serum lactate levels are surrogate markers of adequacy of perfusion such that mildly elevated lactate levels (>2mmol/ L) represent occult hypoperfusion while increasing and markedly elevated levels (>4mmol/ L) are predictive of major com­plications and overall mortality in cardiac surgical patients and are
However, the value of PACs has been seriously questioned in studies in which no survival or outcome benets were found in PAC­monitored critically ill patients, resulting in reduced utilization of PACs in post- CABG patients. PACs are, however, found to be most valuable in certain patient subgroups having right heart failure, pul­monary hypertension, or patients undergoing o- pump CABG with poor underlying cardiac function.
thus of key importance in early postoperative surveillance.
The haemodynamically unstablepatient
It is important to maintain a high index of suspicion for life­threatening but readily amenable complications such as coronary gra occlusion or spasm, pericardial tamponade, and tension pneumothorax. Asystematic approach assessing preload, aerload, contractility, and heart rate can greatly facilitate identication of causes of instability and thus guide the management of haemo­dynamically unstable patients (Fig. 20.1).
Heart rate and rhythm are the most readily assessable parameters and are readily amenable to optimization. Hypovolaemia, whether assessed via central venous pressure or pulse contour analysis must be corrected prior to administration of inotropes or vasopressors (Table 20.1). Cardiac output and contractility, and distinguishing between le and right heart failure, are not easily assessed from the routine bedside monitoring and may require use of echocardiog­raphy and/ or a PAC.
Management
Optimize cardiacrhythm
Heart rate is one of the most important determinants of cardiac output and coronary perfusion. Ahigh normal heart rate (80– 90 beats per minute) is the usual target in post- cardiopulmonary by­pass (CPB) patients. Atrial contraction contributes around 15– 25% of ventricular lling and is especially important in post- CPB patients who have a high prevalence of diastolic dysfunction. Transient sinus node or atrioventricular node dysfunction is not un­common in CABG surgery, resulting in sinus asystole, sinus or junc­tional bradycardia, or atrioventricular block. If temporary pacing is required, atrial pacing is preferred over atrioventricular sequential pacing, followed by ventricular pacing.
Postoperative atrial brillation and supraventricular tachycardia should be aggressively treated as they have been associated with higher stroke risk and prolonged hospital length of stay. Increased age, sleep apnoea, pre- existing arrhythmia, congestive heart failure, bicaval cannulation, and prolonged CPB are all risk factors for atrial
Echocardiography
Echocardiography, either transthoracic or transoesophageal, is a valuable tool for managing unstable post- CABG patients. e key roles of echocardiography are to ascertain volume status and biventricular function, rule out mechanical complications such as tamponade and pneumothorax, and to monitor treatment eects. Incompatible echocardiographic pictures can alert physicians to seek other causes for shock. Currently, the use of echocardiography for evaluating ventricular function and its determinants in acute and persistent haemodynamic instability is listed as a classIindication in the American College of Cardiologists/ American Heart Association (ACC/ AHA) guidelines. Goal- directed echocardiography is now widely regarded as core knowledge in critical care residency in many countries. e role of echocardiography in diagnosing complica­tions in post- CABG patients is summarized in Box 20.1.
Pulmonary arterycatheter
dysrhythmia. Hypothermia and electrolyte imbalance further ex­acerbate these risks.
Fluidresuscitation
Fluid status should be optimized before initiation of inotropes and vasopressors. Intravascular volume depletion in post- CABG pa­tients is usually caused by postoperative blood loss, vasodilation due to rewarming, and third- space loss due to systematic inam­matory response from CPB or cell salvage devices. Fluid require­ment is higher in patients with diastolic dysfunction because high lling pressure is required for ventricular lling. Crystalloids, either normal saline or buered salt solution (e.g. lactated Ringer’s), are preferred over the synthetic colloids largely based on studies in crit­ically ill patients demonstrating an association with coagulopathy and renal failure. Albumin was found to be non- inferior to crystal­loid in a large- scale study in critically ill non- cardiac patients; how­ever, its relative cost is a signicant concern.
Inotropicsupport
A degree of le ventricular dysfunction is common post CPB and may result in acute decompensated heart failure in 20% and post-
e thermodilution technique using a PAC remains the gold standard for cardiac output monitoring. APAC allows continuous monitoring of pulmonary artery pressures and intermittent meas­urements of pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, cardiac output, pulmonary and systemic vascular resistance, and mixed venous oxygen saturation (reecting the adequacy of global perfusion), parameters all useful in guiding uid and inotropic management es­pecially when echocardiography is unavailable.
cardiotomy cardiogenic shock in 2– 6% of all cardiac surgery pa­tients. e term post- cardiotomy syndrome is used to describe patients developing signicant le ventricular or biventricular sys­tolic dysfunction in the rst few postoperative hours aer separation from CPB. is tends to gradually return to preoperative state aer 8– 24 hours. Long aortic cross- clamp and total CPB time, residual cardioplegic eects, poor myocardial preservation, reperfusion in­jury, and residual hypothermia are potential causes.
Post-Operative Low Cardiac Output or Shock
1: Assess Cardiac Rhythm
Shock Persists
Management
Adequate CO
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(Bradycardia, heart block, or inadequate rate)
Normal or Hypertensive
3: Assess Cardiac Output
Continue
Too Slow
Pace if able
(A>AVS>V)
Low CO
Reduce Afterload
(if tolerated)
Adequate CO
Appropriate Too Fast
2: Assess Blood Pressure
Adequate or High Low
5: Assess Cardiac Output
Inotropic
Support
(SVT)
Cardioversion
Hypotensive
4: Assess Preload
Volume
Resuscitation
Adequate COLow CO
Ongoing Volume
Requirement
Bleeding?
Low CO
Inhaled
Vasodilators
Consider
IABP
Consider
IABP
Angiography or Graft Revision if
Ischemia Persists
Mechanical Support
(VAD, ECMO) if
Consider
IABP
CXR, Echo
ECG, PAC
Surgical
Exploration
PTX, HTXTamponadeIschemiaLV FailureRV Failure
Tube
Thoracostomy
Surgical Exploration if
Ongoing Bleeding
Support
NoVasopressor
Correct Coagulopathy
Return to 2:
Continue Management
Ongoing Bleeding
Surgical
Exploration
Yes
Transfuse PRBC
Bleeding
Stopped
Return to 2:
Continue
Fig.20.1 Algorithm for management of low cardiac output and refractory shock after cardiac surgery. A, atrial; AVS, atrial– ventricular sequential; CO,
cardiac output; CXR, chest X- ray; ECG, electrocardiogram; Echo, echocardiogram; ECMO, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; HTX, haemothorax; IABP, intra- aortic balloon pump; LV, left ventricle; PAC, pulmonary artery catheter; PRBC, packed red blood cells; PTX, pneumothorax; RV, right ventricle; SVT, supraventricular tachycardia; V, ventricular; VAD, ventricular assist device.
Reproduced from Stephens RS, Whitman GJ. Postoperative Critical Care of the Adult Cardiac Surgical Patient:Part II:Procedure- Specific Considerations, Management of Complications, and Quality Improvement. Crit Care Med. 2015;43:1995– 2014 with permission from Wolters Kluwer.
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Table20.1 Pharmacological properties ofcommonly used inotropes and vasopressors
Drug Dosage range Receptors Blood
Epinephrine 0.01– 0.2 mcg/ kg/ min
Dobutamine 3– 15 mcg/ kg/ min
Dopamine <5 mcg/ kg/ min D
5– 10 mcg/ kg/ min
>10 mcg/ kg/ min
Norepinephrine 0.01– 0.3 mcg/ kg/ min
Isoprenaline 0.01– 0.2 mcg/ kg/ min D1, D
Dopexamine 0.5– 4 mcg/ kg/ min
Milrinone Bolus:50 mcg/ kg
Infusion:0.25– 1 mcg/ kg/ min
PVR, pulmonary vascular resistance; SVR, systemic vascular resistance.
β
2
β1, β2, α
1
β1, β
2
α
α, β
1
β2, D1, D
PDE ↑↑ ↓↓
pressure
↑↑ +++ ↑↑ ↑↑
/ ↓ ↑↑↑ ↑↑
↑↑ ↑↑ ↑↑
↑↑ ↑↑ ↑↑ / ↑ ↑↑ ↑↑
↑↑ / ↑ ↑↑ ↑↑
/ ↑ ↑↑↑ ↑↑
2
2
Other causes of impaired myocardial contractility such as kinked or occluded coronary gras or coronary vasospasm must be ruled out. In these settings, high- dose inotropes could paradoxically worsen myocardial ischaemia. Coronary angiogram or re- exploration is re­quired in suspected cases. Nitroglycerine, milrinone, and calcium channel blocker infusions have been successfully used to reverse coronary vasospasm.
e optimal choice of inotropes and vasopressors has not been systematically evaluated in post- cardiac surgical patients, resulting in signicant variations in practice between centres. Inotropes are
Cardiac output
Contractility SVR PVR Heart
rate
Myocardial O2 consumption
commonly classied into calcium sensitizers (e.g. levosimendan, thyroxine), adrenergic receptor agonists (e.g. epinephrine, dobutamine), and phosphodiesterase (PDE) III inhibitors (e.g. milrinone).
Adrenergicagonists
All beta- adrenergic receptor agonists are catecholamine derivatives and possess variable degrees of alpha- and beta- adrenergic receptor specicity (Table 20.1). Epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine, and dobutamine are the most common rst- line inotropes in post­cardiotomy patients. Dopamine has gradually fallen out of favour
Box 20.1 The role ofechocardiography inpost- CABGpatients
• Assess volume status and monitor the response of fluid resuscitation.
• Assess the global and regional ventricular function (e.g. ejection frac-
tion). In the presence of inotropic agents or mechanical circulatory support devices, echocardiographic examination of ventricular func­tion may be misleading.
• Identify diastolic dysfunction. High- pressure preload measurements
often fail to reflect the true preload status in patients with diastolic dysfunction.
• Distinguish between left, right, and biventricular failure and identify
pulmonary hypertension.
• Identify postoperative mechanical complications in the postoperative
period:
Identify any undiagnosed structural heart lesions (e.g. crit-
ical aortic stenosis, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, vegetations, intracardiac shunt, and undiagnosed adult congenital heart disease) or mechanical obstruction whether inflow (e.g. left atrial myxoma, mitral stenosis) or outflow (e.g. hypertrophic ob­structive cardiomyopathy, dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction).
Identify pericardial effusions/ tamponade and determine whether
ventricular filling is impaired or surgical drainage is indicated. Notably, tamponade is a clinical diagnosis based on the full haemodynamic picture and the rate of pericardial fluid accu­mulation rather than the presence or size of the effusion per se. Practically, drainage may be appropriate in many situations despite absence of the classic echocardiographic criteria of tamponade.
Identify acute mitral regurgitation caused by papillary muscle
rupture.
Identify ventricular septal ruptures and pseudo- aneurysm from re-
cent or previous myocardial infarction.
Identify intracardiac thrombus or clot.
in critically ill and post- CABG patients because of unpredictable inotropic and vasopressor eects, and as it has not proven renal pro­tective. In a recent randomized, controlled study, dopamine was as­sociated with increased mortality in a cardiogenic shock subgroup. Epinephrine is oen blamed for causing tachycardia; however, sev­eral studies have shown it to be associated with less tachycardia than dopamine or dobutamine if equivalent cardiac output is achieved. Increased lactic acidosis has been observed secondary to epinephrine- induced stimulation of aerobic glycolysis.
Phosphodiesteraseinhibitors
Milrinone is the most commonly used of the PDE inhibitors which are all inodilators bypassing the beta- adrenergic pathway to increase cyclic adenosine monophosphate and which have pronounced lusitropic eects, enhancing both myocardial contraction during systole and relaxation during diastole. is can increase right ven­tricular (RV) cardiac output and reduce pulmonary vascular re­sistance in right heart failure patients. ey are commonly used as second- line inotropes. All PDE inhibitors (enoximone, milrinone, amrinone, olprinone, piroximone) have very similar pharmaco­dynamic properties with dierences mainly in their pharmaco­kinetic proles (i.e. onset time and half- time) aecting the dosing regimen. e use of PDE inhibitors may be associated with hypo­tension during bolus administration, particularly in the absence of concomitant beta- adrenergic therapy. While some studies had re­ported lesser hypotension associated with inhaled administration of milrinone, a recent network meta- analysis of 30 studies involving inhaled milrinone and intravenous milrinone found lower pul­monary and systemic vascular resistance and higher cardiac index
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with intravenous milrinone but no dierence in any outcome be­tween inhaled milrinone and placebo, thus failing to demonstrate ecacy of inhaled milrinone.
Calciumsensitizer
Levosimendan has emerged as a novel agent in post- CABG cardiogenic shock. In patients following CPB, it has been shown to decrease inotropic requirement without provoking arrhyth­mias and to reverse stunning with only a moderate increase in myocardial oxygen consumption. However, the peak eect time of levosimendan via bolus is about 30 minutes versus 2– 3 hours without bolus, making it more appropriate for prophylactic ad­ministration versus acute therapy. Meta- analysis of 14 random­ized trials has shown levosimendan was associated with shortened ICU length of stay and extubation times, and reduced incidences of postoperative atrial brillation and myocardial infarction (MI). However, there have also been reports of increased postoperative bleeding.
Vasopressor and vasoplegicsyndrome
Vasoplegic syndrome occurs in 5– 25% of patients aer CPB and is signicantly associated with higher morbidity and mortality. Exaggerated systematic inammatory response, prolonged CPB, preoperative LV dysfunction, and blood transfusion are all thought to contribute. It is oen diagnosed by unexplained requirements for high- dose vasopressors (e.g. norepinephrine >0.1 micrograms/ kg/ min). In many cases, the addition of vasopressin (up to 0.01 to 0.6 IU/ min) may be required; however, such high- dose vasopressors may induce digit and mesenteric ischaemia. In refractory vasoplegia, methylene blue (2 mg/ kg bolus, infusion 0.5mg/ kg/ hour) has been used with variable success.
Right ventricularfailure
RV failure signicantly increases perioperative morbidity and mor­tality and is oen more dicult to manage than le heart failure. Diagnosis and management of RV failure can be challenging in the
absence of echocardiography or PAC insertion and either or both of these measures should be strongly considered.
Certain aspects of RV pathophysiology are important to high­light. As the RV free wall is perfused during both systole and dia­stole, adequate mean arterial pressure is important for perfusion. RV is extremely load sensitive and even modest increases in outow impedance (e.g. elevated pulmonary vascular resistance secondary to respiratory acidosis, pleural eusion) can cause RV dilation and dysfunction. When the RV is dilated and non- compliant, atrial con­traction is fundamentally important, and RV dilatation can cause a leward shi of the interventricular septum interfering with lling of the le ventricle and further decreasing cardiac output and RV perfusion.
Administration of pulmonary vasodilators with concomitant ino­tropic support is the mainstay of therapy. Intravenous pulmonary vasodilators may reduce systemic arterial pressure mandating the simultaneous administration of vasoconstrictors or use of inhaled pulmonary vasodilators which may have lesser systemic eects (Table 20.2).
Inhaled nitric oxide stimulates pulmonary vasodilation via increasing cyclic guanosine monophosphate with only limited sys­temic vasodilation due to its rapid inactivation by haemoglobin. Recommended inhaled nitric oxide dose is 20 ppm and since it combines with haemoglobin monitoring of methaemoglobin levels is required. Inhaled prostacyclin and inhaled milrinone, either alone or in combination, have been used in many centres because of the reduced costs, rapid onset of action, minimal systemic eects, and simplicity of administration. Notably, use of intra- aortic balloon counterpulsation has also been shown to reduce pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance and to improve mixed venous saturation even in patients in whom RV failure was mainly responsible for circulatory decompensation. ese benecial eects are likely mediated via increased RV coronary perfusion.
In post- CABG patients with refractory RV failure, keeping the sternum open to reduce ventricular compression and usage of a RV assist device should be considered.
Table20.2 Commonly used pulmonary vasodilators inpost- cardiotomy patients withright heart failure
Nitric oxide Inhaled prostacyclin Phosphodiesterase inhibitors
Mechanism Activates cytosolic guanylate cyclase and
Example Inhaled nitric oxide Epoprostenol Iloprost Inhaled Milrinone Sildenafil
Route Inhaled; require specialized delivery
Dosage 5– 20 ppm 10- 20 mcg/
Side effects
cAMP, cyclic adenosine monophosphate; cGMP; cyclic guanosine monophosphate; PG, prostaglandin.
increases intracellular levels of cGMP, resulting in relaxation of the smooth muscles in the pulmonary arteries
system
• Toxicity from nitrogen dioxide and
methaemoglobin.
• Rebound pulmonary hypertension
from abrupt discontinuation
• Pulmonary vascular congestion
because of increased pulmonary blood flow in patients with poor LV function
Binds to PG receptors and activates adenylate cyclase and protein kinase Ato cause a decrease in cytosolic free calcium Stimulates endothelial release of nitric oxide
Nebulized Nebulized Nebulized Oral/ sublingual
mL; continuous nebulization with 2– 3 L/ min of oxygen flow
• Vagus- mediated bradycardia
• Rebound pulmonary hypertension for abrupt
withdrawal
• Pulmonary vascular congestion in patients
with poor LV function
2.5– 5 mcg every 3– 4 hours
Inhibition of PGE- 5, PGE- 3 isoenzymes lead to increased levels of cAMP and cGMP, resulting in pulmonary vasodilation
60– 90 mcg/ kg bolus followed by 0.08– 0.11 mg/ kg/ min infusion
Systemic hypotension
0.25– 0.75 mg/ kg every 4– 6 hours
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Continuance ofmedication afterCABG
Antiplateletmedication
ACC/ AHA guidelines recommended aspirin should be resumed or initiated within 6 hours aer surgery once haemostasis has been achieved and continued indenitely. Early initiation of aspirin (<24 hours) signicantly improves saphenous vein gra patency and reduces adverse cardiovascular events versus delayed adminis­tration (>48 hours).
Clopidogrel and ticlopidine are thienopyridine prodrugs having an antiplatelet eect via irreversible P2Y adenosine diphosphate receptor inhibition. Ticagrelor is a newer directly acting and revers­ibly bound P2Y inhibitor. In a subgroup analysis of the Clopidogrel in Unstable Angina to Prevent Recurrent Ischemic Events (CURE) study, perioperative clopidogrel signicantly reduced the incidence of cardiovascular death, MI, and stroke compared with placebo. In a recent study of 500 patients 1year post CABG who were ran­domized (1:1:1) to aspirin, ticagrelor, or aspirin plus ticagrelor, sa­phenous vein gra patency was signicantly increased in patients receiving aspirin plus ticagrelor versus aspirin alone (88.7% vs
76.5%; P <0.001).
Statins
ere is evidence of a benecial eect of preoperative statins as sev­eral retrospective studies reported an association between statin therapy and lowered risks of postoperative non- fatal MI, death, atrial brillation, neurological dysfunction, renal dysfunction, and infection. Asmall randomized study showed statins commenced a week before CABG reduced the postoperative levels of cardiac bio­markers. ACochrane systematic review in 2015 demonstrated sig­nicantly reduced atrial brillation (1765 patients from 12 studies) and shortened length of stay; however, perioperative mortality, stroke, MI, and renal failure were not impacted.
the primary aim of reducing postoperative atrial brillation, and possibly reducing in- hospital mortality and perioperative MI. e timing of re- initiation and duration of postoperative beta- blocker therapy remains unclear. Several studies have reported no survival benet up to 2years postoperatively, while others have reported a reduction in mortality with continuance of beta blockers.
Interestingly, the bioavailability of oral beta- blocker therapy is sig­nicantly altered in the postoperative period because of changes in gastrointestinal perfusion. Arandomized study found continuation of intravenous rather than oral metoprolol signicantly reduced the incidence of postoperative atrial brillation.
Angiotensin- converting enzyme inhibitors/ angiotensin receptorblockers
e cardiovascular and ventricular remodelling benets of chronic angiotensin- converting enzyme inhibitor and angiotensin receptor blocker therapy are well established in patients with LV systolic dys­function, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, or chronic renal insu­ciency. However, there are signicant concerns about continuing angiotensin- converting enzyme inhibitors/ angiotensin receptor blockers perioperatively because of signicant intraoperative hypo­tension due to blunted pressor and inotrope responses and postu­lated associations with vasoplegic syndrome and renal dysfunction.
Initiation or resumption of angiotensin- converting enzyme in­hibitors/ angiotensin receptor blockers in the postoperative period has also been reported to increase the risk of systolic hypotension while a reduction in postoperative atrial brillation has not been consistently demonstrated. As a result, angiotensin- converting en­zyme inhibitors/ angiotensin receptor blocker therapy should be withheld in the perioperative period and while the best timing is unknown, the general view is to delay restarting therapy until ei­ther ICU discharge or even hospital discharge and then to continue indenitely.
ACC/ AHA guidelines recommended patients should receive statin therapy to achieve a therapeutic target low- density lipoprotein concentration less than 100mg/ dL or reduction of 30% from base­line, unless contraindicated. Statin therapy should be resumed once oral medication is tolerated and should be continued indenitely. Acute cessation of statin therapy in post- CABG patients has been associated with increased mortality in a cohort study.
Betablockers
Beta- blocker therapy initiated preoperatively has been consistently shown to reduce postoperative supraventricular and ventricular ar­rhythmias in CABG patients whereas evidence on their ecacy to reduce mortality and MI are inconsistent. In small randomized con­trolled trials and observational studies, an association with reduced in- hospital mortality and perioperative MI has been shown. Aco­hort analysis of the Society of oracic Surgeons National Database involving 629,877 patients found a small but consistent survival rate associated with preoperative beta- blocker therapy in patients with an ejection fraction greater than 30%. However, a more re­cent Cochrane review reported no association between beta- blocker therapy and perioperative mortality or stroke in CABG patients while conrming a salutary eect on postoperative arrhythmias.
e ACC/ AHA guidelines recommended all patients with LV ejection fraction greater than 30% undergoing CABG should re­ceive beta- blocker therapy preoperatively and postoperatively with
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Fast- track cardiac anaesthesia and earlyextubation
Janet Martin and Davy Cheng
Background:rationale forfast- track cardiaccare
‘Fast- track’ cardiac anaesthesia and recovery is the term given to a multicomponent intervention during cardiac surgery and postoperatively, with the ultimate goal of early extubation (within 1– 6 hours) in order to reduce duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay in the intensive care unit (ICU), and overall resource utilization. Key components of fast- track cardiac care include bal­anced anaesthesia (low- dose opioids together with inhaled or intra­venous anaesthetics) and a time- directed extubation protocol.
While it is oen assumed that ‘fast- tracking’ cardiac surgical pa­tients would be primarily dependent on anaesthetic technique, in reality, a focus on anaesthesia is not enough. Fast- track cardiac re­covery also requires a coordinated multicomponent approach across the full spectrum of intraoperative and postoperative care pathways in order to successfully achieve reduced time to extubation and ICU length of stay without increasing the risk of adverse events such as haemodynamic instability, respiratory distress, reintubation, and readmission.
In 1970s and 1980s, cardiac surgery was conducted on patients under deep hypothermia who were anesthetized with high- dose opioids. However, high- dose opioids required prolonged intubation times, oen exceeding 24 hours. roughout the 1990s, in response to the economic pressures of increased demand for cardiac surgery that outpaced available operating room and ICU capacity, cardiac anaesthesia shied away from high- dose opioid- based anaesthesia to a more balanced approach using low- dose opioids together with volatile or intravenous anaesthetics, and shorter- acting neuromus­cular blocking agents.
ese eorts were further stimulated by observational studies conducted by Westaby and colleagues showing that the use of a dedicated cardiac recovery area outside of the ICU setting provided improved eciency of care with faster times to extubation, excel­lent clinical outcomes, low rates of reintubation or unplanned ICU admission, and improved overall resource utilization., is para­digm shi was consolidated when randomized trials demonstrated favourable clinical and resource- related outcomes with low- dose
opioid balanced anaesthesia instead of high- dose opioid- based anaesthesia.
Evidence supporting fast- track cardiaccare
In a pivotal randomized controlled trial (RCT) of fast- track cardiac recovery, Cheng etal. showed that a strategy of balanced anaesthesia with low- dose opioids and inhaled anaesthesia together with an early weaning protocol (extubation within 8 hours) signicantly reduced time to extubation (4.1 vs 18.9 hours; P <0.02) and hospital length of stay (7.6 vs 10.0days; P <0.02) when compared to usual care with high- dose opioids and no weaning protocol., Furthermore, there were no increases in adverse clinical events including death, stroke, myocardial infarction, reoperation for bleeding, low cardiac output syndrome, and reintubation compared with high- dose opioid- based anaesthesia., In addition, ICU costs were reduced by 53%, and cost of hospital stay was decreased by 17%., In a subsequent 1- year follow- up of this study, there was no increased risk of readmission in the fast- track group, and total cost of care was lower in the fast- track group compared with conventional high- dose anaesthesia.
roughout the late 1990s and 2000s, further randomized trials of fast- track anaesthesia were conducted, which eventually paved the evidence base for universal acceptance of the fast- track recovery model as standard of care. A2003 meta- analysis of ten randomized trials showed that fast- track anaesthesia using balanced anaesthesia with low- dose opioids and weaning protocols signicantly reduced time to extubation (−8.1 hours, 95% condence interval (CI) 3.7–
12.5 hours) and length of ICU stay (−5.4 hours, 95% CI −0.3 to −10.5 hours), without increases in mortality or complications. A2006 meta- analysis of 27 RCTs showed that while low- dose opioids and normothermia were important, the use of an early extubation protocol was the most important predictor of time to extubation and ICU length of stay.
Recently updated meta- analyses of 28– 30 RCTs, involving ap­proximately 4000 patients, have conrmed that fast- track cardiac recovery models are safe, and reduce time to extubation and ICU length of stay, but have variable net impact on hospital stay and
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Table21.1 Meta- analysis ofreduced- dose opioid anaesthesia
Outcome Number of studies OR or RR (95% CI) I2 (heterogeneity)
Clinical outcomes
Death, in hospital 7 OR=0.58 (0.24– 1.39) 0%
Death, at end of study 8 OR=0.53 (0.25– 1.12) 0%
Myocardial infarction 8 RR=0.98 (0.48– 1.99) 6%
Stroke 5 RR=1.17 (0.36– 3.78) 0%
Renal failure, acute 4 RR=1.19 (0.33– 4.33) 0%
Bleeding, major 4 RR=0.48 (0.16– 1.44) 27%
Reintubation 5 RR=1.77 (0.38– 8.27) 0%
Resource- related outcomes Mean difference (95% CI)
Time to extubation 14 −7.4 hours (−10.5 to −4.3 hours)
ICU length of stay 12 −3.7 hours (−7.0 to −0.4 hours)
Hospital length of stay 8 −0.3days (−1.0 to +0.4days) 85%
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P <0.05. CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; RR, relative risk.
Reproduced from Wong WT, Lai VK, Chee YE, Lee A.(2016) ‘Fast- track cardiac care for adult cardiac surgical patients’, Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 9, pp. CD003587 with permission from John Wiley and Sons.
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resource utilization., Earlier concerns about inducing risk of myo­cardial infarction, need for reintubation, and increasing the risk of intraoperative awareness (due to low- dose opioids) have been al­layed due to the assurance of safety provided across the more than 30 RCTs considered in aggregate. e lack of consistent impact on hospital stay across RCTs, however, re- emphasizes the fact that re­ductions in opioid dose and extubation time do not alone guarantee improvements in downstream eciencies such as ICU and hospital length of stay, unless concerted eort is applied to ensure patients are moved out of the ICU and hospital once discharge criteria have been met. e latter requires changes to discharge policies, and interdisciplinary alignment towards achieving eciency of patient ow. Sometimes these additional logistical issues can negate the purported benets, if they too are not addressed as a routine compo­nent of fast- track cardiac recovery.
Table21.2 Meta- analysis oftime- based weaning protocol
Outcome Number of studies OR or RR (95% CI) I2 (heterogeneity)
Clinical outcomes
Death, in hospital 5 OR=0.23 (0.05– 1.04) 0%
Death, at end of study 10 OR=0.80 (0.45– 1.45) 37%
Myocardial infarction 8 RR=0.59 (0.27– 1.31) 39%
Stroke 11 RR=0.85 (0.33– 2.16) 0%
Renal failure, acute 9 RR=1.11 (0.42– 2.91) 0%
Bleeding, major 10 RR=0.92 (0.53– 1.61) 0%
Reintubation 12 RR=1.34 (0.74– 2.41) 0%
Resource- related outcomes Mean difference (95% CI)
Time to extubation 16 −7.4 hours (−10.5 to −4.3 hours)
ICU length of stay 13 −3.7 hours (−7.0 to −0.4 hours)
Hospital length of stay 8 −0.3days (−1.0 to +0.4days) 77%
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P <0.05. CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; RR, relative risk.
Reproduced from Wong WT, Lai VK, Chee YE, Lee A.(2016) ‘Fast- track cardiac care for adult cardiac surgical patients’, Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 9, pp. CD003587 with permission from John Wiley and Sons.
Table 21.1 and Table 21.2 summarize the expected benets for
a fast- track recovery approach to care in cardiac patients. As the evidence base has grown and matured, concerns about inducing complications of myocardial ischaemia, haemodynamic instability, respiratory distress, reintubation, and intraoperative awareness have been allayed. Syntheses of all available evidence to date have shown no dierences in clinical outcomes, even aer combination through meta- analysis. Contemporary ‘real- world’ evidence from observa­tional studies have conrmed faster times to extubation, reduced ICU length of stay, and improvements in cost- eectiveness.
Since the accumulation of supporting evidence from random­ized trials in the 1990s and 2000s, fast- track cardiac anaesthesia and surgical management has become the new standard of care. As ex­pected, once a new standard has been ushered in, research eorts have moved away from evaluating fast- track versus non- fast- track
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approaches to cardiac surgery, and has rather focused on how to further improve fast- track management. As a result, more recent studies have compared dierent versions of ‘fast track’ including re­nements of dierent drugs, technologies, and techniques to assess which combination of modalities can incrementally improve clinical and resource- related outcomes, such as longer- term survival and morbidities while further improving recovery parameters and costs.
Practicalconsiderations
In the current paradigm of universal acceptance of fast- track re­covery, balanced anaesthesia has become the norm, and it is ex­pected that most cardiac surgical patients will be extubated within 1– 6 hours from arrival in the postoperative ICU. It is also expected that fast- track recovery will be attempted on all patients as routine practice, even in very elderly patients, unless there are good reasons to do otherwise. Very rarely, comorbidities or preoperative condi­tions may preclude a fast- track weaning protocol from the outset.
Given that fast- track cardiac care is now the standard of care,
Table21.3 Fast- track cardiac anaesthesia regimens
Induction (opioid + hypnotic + muscle relaxant)
Maintenance (opioid + hypnotic)
Transfer to cardiac recovery area (opioid + hypnotic)
Opioid:
• Fentanyl 5– 10 mcg/ kg
• Sufentanil 1– 2 mcg/ kg
• Remifentanil infusion 0.5– 1.0 mcg/ kg/ min
Hypnotic:
• Propofol 0.5– 1.5 mg/ kg
• Midazolam 0.05– 0.1 mg/ kg
Muscle relaxant:
• Rocuronium 0.5– 1 mg/ kg
• Vecuronium 1– 1.5 mg/ kg
Opioids:
• Fentanyl 1– 5 mcg/ kg
• Sufentanil 1– 1.5 mcg/ kg
• Remifentanil infusion 0.2– 0.5 mcg/ kg/ min
Hypnotic:
• Inhaled anaesthetic 0.5– 1.0 MAC
• Propofol infusion 50– 100 mcg/ kg/ min
Opioid:
• Morphine 2–20 mg
Hypnotic:
• Propofol infusion 25–50 mcg/ kg/ min
more recent research has focused on which components of anaes­thesia and perioperative care contribute tangibly to reductions in time to extubation, postoperative complications, and length of stay. In general, most studies have suggested that the add­itional components of care to further optimize extubation time and facilitate discharge are through improved intraoperative an­aesthesia (inhaled versus intravenous anaesthetics), fluid man­agement (colloids versus crystalloids), perioperative monitoring, and perioperative pain management (regional blocks, intrathecal morphine, and other multimodal management including non­opioid analgesics such as son- steroidal anti- inflammatories, acetaminophen, gabapentin, and pregabalin).
General anaesthesia forfast- track cardiacrecovery
Most anaesthetics in current use have been available for several years, and yet the optimal anaesthetic regimen for cardiac surgery continues to be a subject of ongoing research. Few trials have spe­cically addressed optimal doses of each individual component of balanced anaesthesia, though general guidelines for practice have
MAC, minimum alveolar concentration. Derived from the following: Cheng DC, Newman MF, Duke P, etal. The efficacy and resource utilization of
remifentanil and fentanyl in fast- track coronary artery bypass graft surgery:a prospective randomized, double- blinded controlled, multi- center trial. Anesth Analg 2001;92:1094.
Engoren M, Luther G, Fenn- Buderer N.Acomparison of fentanyl, sufentanil, and remifntanil for fast- track cardiac anesthesia. Anesth Analg 2001;93:859.
Mollhoff T, Heregods L, Moerman A , etal. Comparative efficacy and safety of remifentanil and fentanyl in ‘fast track’ coronary artery bypass graft surgery:a randomized, double- blind study. Br J Anaesth 2001;87:718.
Wong WT, Lai VK, Chee YE, Lee A .Fast- track cardiac care for adult cardiac surgical patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Sep 12;9:CD003587.
Source data from Bainbridge D, Cheng D.(2011) ‘Postoperative cardiac recovery and outcomes’, in Kaplan JA, Reich DL, Savio JS (eds.) Kaplan’s cardiac anesthesia:The echo era. Philadelphia, PA:Saunders, p1010– 1024.
meta- analyses providing additional detail regarding balanced anaes­thetic subcomponents are highlighted in the following two subsections.
Short- acting versus long- actingopioids
Meta- analysis of head- to- head comparisons of fentanyl, sufentanil, and remifentanil as a component of balanced anaesthesia in cardiac
been derived from the convergence of balanced regimens used across clinical trials, which have subsequently been rened during evolving practical experience in the contemporary setting of fast­track cardiac care.
Table 21.3 outlines commonly used components of a balanced
anaesthesia regimen, derived from existing randomized trials. Well­designed RCTs have generally failed to convincingly demonstrate that selection of dierent components within each category across those represented in Table 21.4 makes a meaningful dierence in terms of clinical outcomes and recovery time. As a result, the choice between these agents has largely been based on local availability, fa­miliarity, and cost.
As evidence from randomized trials has cumulated in recent years, combination through meta- analysis has suggested some potential dif­ferences between agents, though it is clear that any such dierences are likely to pale compared to the importance of a protocolized ap­proach with a universal intent towards early extubation and e­cient movement out of recovery and intensive care areas., Recent
Table21.4 Extubation criteria forfast- track cardiac recovery
Initial ventilation parameters
Maintain ABGs pH 7.35– 7.45
Extubation criteria Awake and alert
A/ C, assisted control; ABGs, arterial blood gases; ECG, electrocardiogram; PEEP, positive end- expiratory pressure
A/ C ventilation with pressure support of 10– 12cmH2O Tidal volume 8– 10 mL/ kg PEEP 5cmH2O
PaCO2 35– 45mmHg PaO2 >90mmHg O2 sats >95%
ABGs as above Haemodynamically stable No significant ECG abnormalities No active bleeding Temperature >36°C Muscle strength (>5 seconds of head lift and strong hand grip)