Evaluating the correlation and accuracy of PaCO2, PcvCO2, and EtCO2 in patients after open heart surgery in Viet Duc Hospital

  • Du Nguyen Ngoc Bệnh viện Hữu nghị Việt Đức
  • Kinh Nguyen Quoc Bệnh viện Hữu nghị Việt Đức
  • Thuy Luu Quang Bệnh viện Hữu nghị Việt Đức

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PcvCO2, EtCO2, PaCO2, open heart patients

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the correlation and the accuracy between PaCO2 and PcvCO2, and EtCO2 in ICU patients after open heart surgery. Subject and method: An observational cross-sectional study, we studied 43 adult patients from 20 to 71 years, undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass from March 2018 to July 2018. In each patient, blood gas samples of artery and central vein were collected at 5 different periods, 6 hours apart in the department of cardiac resuscitation. Result: There has been a good correlation of PaCO2 and PcvCO2 with significant meaning (r = 0.79, p<0.05). There has been an accurcy between PaCO2 and PcvO2 at all periods, variations within acceptance limits of 10mmHg, although the difference has no significant meaning (p>0.05). Similary, there had been a good correlation of PaCO2 and EtCO2 with significant meaning (r = 0.66, p<0.05). There had been also an accurcy between PaCO2 and EtCO2 at all periods, variations within acceptance limits of 15mmHg (p>0.05). Conclusion: In post-open heart patients, there has been a good correlation and high accuracy between PaCO2 with PcvCO2 and EtCO2 at all periods.

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