Continuous Monitoring of Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation in Critically Ill Patients

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Abstract
A new pulmonary artery balloon flow-directed catheter combines a fiberoptic photometric system for continuous display of mixed venous blood oxygen saturation (SJOURNAL/asag/04.02/00000539-198206000-00007/ENTITY_OV0413/v/2017-07-21T014932Z/r/image-pngO2) with the capacity for hemodynamic measurements including thermodilution cardiac output estimation. This oximetry system was studied to determine its accuracy, reliability, and usefulness in the surgical intensive care unit (ICU). Twenty-two catheters were tested, but only 17 were successfully placed in 16 patients. There were technical problems associated with 10 catheters and on six occasions these necessitated the use of another catheter. The catheter values for SJOURNAL/asag/04.02/00000539-198206000-00007/ENTITY_OV0413/v/2017-07-21T014932Z/r/image-pngO2 were closely related (r = 0.9516) to those obtained from a laboratory Co-oximeter. Continuous monitoring of SJOURNAL/asag/04.02/00000539-198206000-00007/ENTITY_OV0413/v/2017-07-21T014932Z/r/image-pngO2 is accurate and valuable as a warning system for deterioration in cardiopulmonary function and as an indicator of the effects of various therapeutic maneuvers in critically ill patients.

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