Mervyn SingerBloomsbury Institute of Intensive Care Medicine,University College London, UK

Monitoring the adequacy of organ perfusion & function in shock

Monitoring the adequacy of organ perfusion & function in shock

Declarations of potential conflicts ..Declarations of potential conflicts ..

(Deltex)(Edwards)Oxford Optronix - free probes

ShockShock

Delivery to, or utilisation of, oxygen that is inadequate to meet the cells’ metabolic needs

Shock - a physiological definitionShock - a physiological definition

o hypoxic hypoxia (low PO2)

o circulatory hypoxia (low CO)

o anaemic hypoxia (low Hb)

o cytotoxic dysoxia (mitochondrial

dysfunction) VO2VO2

DO2DO2O2O2

‘Perfusion’ vs ‘Adequacy of perfusion’‘Perfusion’ vs ‘Adequacy of perfusion’

Perfusion = oxygen delivery • flow (macro- & microcirculation)• Hb• SO2 (local PO2)

Adequacy of perfusion =perfusion enough to supply tissues

adequately

Perfusion/Adequacy of perfusionPerfusion/Adequacy of perfusion

o biochemicalo lactateo base deficit

o vascular and tissue respiratory gaseso CO2 - tissue tensiono O2 - venous, tissue, microvascular - tissue tension, saturation, VO2

o microcirculationo mitochondrial redox status

LactateLactate

o [lactate] predictive of poor outcome in …sepsis, trauma, haemorrhageo very non-specific marker of tissue hypoxia o more due to metabolic effects of epinephrine …than reduced tissue perfusion o related to ∆ muscle Na+/K+-ATPase activity …driven by epinephrine-stim’d aerobic glycolysiso high [lactate] & [epinephrine] can persist for …weeks in burn-injured patients

HyperlactataemiaHyperlactataemia

o .. blocked by ouabain or ß-blockero iatrogenic causes

o lactate-buffered haemofiltrationo epinephrineo drugs e.g. NRTIs

o non-shock causeso severe liver dysfunctiono ∆ muscle protein degradation

Arterial base deficitArterial base deficit

= amount of base (mmol) required to titrate 1 litre of whole blood to a normal pH, assuming normal physiological values of PaO2, PaCO2 and temperature.

Arterial base deficitArterial base deficit

o ∆ H+ ion production in shock related to … ..∆ hydrolysis of ATPo arterial base deficit predictive of poor outcome … in sepsis, trauma, haemorrhageo many non-hypoxic causes of metabolic acidosis

o renal dysfunctiono liver dysfunction o drug toxicity (e.g. cocaine)o bicarbonate loss (e.g. diarrhoea) o hyperchloraemia …

n.b. starting value of base excess may ‘camouflage’

SUMMARY: base deficit/lactateSUMMARY: base deficit/lactate

o good early prognosticators in shock states

o good early guide to therapeutic response

o good sensitivity

o poor specificity to shock & assessment of

perfusion - many confounders (patient/iatrogenic)

Tissue PCO2Tissue PCO2

o gut tonometry

o sublingual capnometry

H+

local metabolic acidosis(acid buffered by tissue HCO3

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HCO3-

pCO2

local respiratory acidosis (stagnant flow)pCO2

Tissue PCO2 - traditional viewTissue PCO2 - traditional view

Gutierrez G. Blood flow, not hypoxia, determines intramucosal PCO2. Crit Care 2005; 9:149-50

pHi = 6.1 + log HCO3-

(0.03 x PCO2)

Henderson-Hasselbalch equationHenderson-Hasselbalch equation

Tissue pCO2 Tissue-arterial pCO2 gapTissue-end-tidal pCO2 gap

Gastric pHi - prognosticatorGastric pHi - prognosticator

Low pHi related to poor outcome• Doglio (CCM ‘91)• Maynard (JAMA ‘93)• Mythen (ICM ‘94)

Low pHi related to inability to wean• Mohsenifar (Ann Intern Med ‘93)

Gastric pHi-guided therapy??Gastric pHi-guided therapy??

pHi-guided Rx improved outcome in ICU

subset• Gutierrez (Lancet ‘92)

… or doesn’t• Gomersall (Crit Care Med 2000)

SUMMARY: tissue PCO2SUMMARY: tissue PCO2

o methodological/practical issues to be resolvedo marker of poor regional perfusiono relevance to other regional circulations??o reasonable prognostic tool (as good/better than lactate/base deficit)o ability to direct therapy & improve outcome???o much hype in the 1990s .. why so quiet now??

OxygenOxygen

o mixed/central venous O2 saturation

o tissue oxygen tension & saturation

o oxygen consumption

Mixed/central venous O2 saturationMixed/central venous O2 saturation

o marker of global supply/demand balanceo falls in low output states e.g. heart failureo prognosticator of outcome, failure to wean…o elevated in resuscitated sepsis

o microvascular shunting??o decreased cellular utilisation??

o mixed venous vs central venous differenceso one landmark ScvO2-targetted study

(Rivers)

SUMMARY: mixed/central SvO2SUMMARY: mixed/central SvO2

o PA catheter use decline .. ∆ reliance on ScvO2

o Rivers’ study needs repeating - recently fundedo Useful in global low output stateso Limited in established sepsis (other than identification of low values)

Tissue O2 tensionTissue O2 tension

o marker of local supply/demand balanceo measurable with various technologies

o optode, Clark electrode, NIRS, EPR oximetry ..

o falls in low output states e.g. heart failureo elevated in resuscitated sepsiso studied separately in multiple tissue beds

o gut mucosa, skeletal muscle, bladder, brain, kidney (animal)o brain, skeletal muscle, conjuctiva, subcutaneously (man)

Boekstegers et al, Shock 1994;1:246-53

Muscle tissue pO2 in septic patientsMuscle tissue pO2 in septic patients

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cardiogenic shockcardiogenic shock

limited infectionlimited infection

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Tissue pO2 (mmHg)Tissue pO2 (mmHg)

Rosser et al. J Appl Physiol 1995; 79: 1878Singer et al. Intensive Care Med 1996; 22: 324Stidwill et al. Intensive Care Med 1998; 24: 1209

Rosser et al. J Appl Physiol 1995; 79: 1878Singer et al. Intensive Care Med 1996; 22: 324Stidwill et al. Intensive Care Med 1998; 24: 1209

HaemorrhageHaemorrhage

ResuscitationResuscitation HypoxaemiaHypoxaemia21% O221% O2

15% O215% O2 10% O210% O2

6% O26% O2

Bladder tissue pO2 falls in other shock statesBladder tissue pO2 falls in other shock states

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Bladder epithelial PO2 (kPa)Bladder epithelial PO2 (kPa)

Endotoxin

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o no organ-organ comparisons publishedo influence of inspired oxygen in shock states?o impact of volume of tissue being sampled

o probe size/surface area

o multi-array electrodes…

Tissue O2 tensionTissue O2 tension

Acute response in tissue PO2 to bolus of LPS (10 mg/kg)Acute response in tissue PO2 to bolus of LPS (10 mg/kg)

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Muscle Bladder

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o Can be relatively non-invasiveo NIRS, spectrophotometry techniques … measures oxyHb (?Mb) in tissue/microvasculo porphyrin phosphorescence technique

… measures microvascular PO2

o skeletal muscle StO2 parallels changes in

human …whole body DO2 during trauma

resuscitation

Microvascular O2 tension/saturationMicrovascular O2 tension/saturation

SUMMARY: tissue/microvascular O2SUMMARY: tissue/microvascular O2

o tissue PO2 (SO2) = useful marker of local

supply- demand balance in non-septic shock or in early …unresuscitated sepsiso raised in resuscitated sepsis - marker of mitochondrial dysfunction o microvascular PO2 - may provide similar info

but …comparative studies neededo no outcome-related PO2-guided studieso research tool at present until better defined in pts

o Low VO2 or poor response in VO2 to challenge

(fluid/dobutamine) = poor prognosis

o Whole body ≠ regional VO2

o How much VO2 is coupled or uncoupled to ATP

…production in shock states?

Whole body/regional O2 consumptionWhole body/regional O2 consumption

Crit Care Med 2000; 28: 2837-42

o mainly measured sublingually

o relevance of tongue to other organ

beds?

… but does correlate with gastric & s/l

PCO2

o prognosticator of outcome in sepsis

MicrocirculationMicrocirculation

o relevance to local tissue O2??

o ? reactive to decreased mitochondrial utilisation c/f

hyperoxia

o +tive correlation between capillary O2 extraction &

degree of regional capillary stopped-flow - i.e.

remaining functionally normal capillaries offload more

O2 to surrounding tissue

o minimal cell death seen in sepsis

o need for automated semi-quantification

technique

o no outcome-related microcirc’n-guided studies

MicrocirculationMicrocirculation

SUMMARY: microcirculationSUMMARY: microcirculation

o interesting research tool for assessing

perfusion

o applicability of tongue to other tissue beds?

o pathophysiological questions - causative or

2°??

o relative infancy - not a routine clinical tool yet

o >90% of VO2 used by mitochondria

o >90% of ATP in most cells generated by ETCo ..thus mitos play a fundamental role in shocko degree of dysfunction in established septic shock relates to poor outcomeo ATP not yet measurable at bedsideo redox status can be used for trend-following

Mitochondrial functionMitochondrial function

NADH fluoroscopy & NIRSNADH fluoroscopy & NIRS

NADH NAD+

oxidisedreduced

Rhee P et al. Near-infrared spectroscopy: Continuous measurement of cytochrome oxidation during hemorrhagic shock. Crit Care Med 1997; 25:166-170

liver

kidney

muscle

stomach

Cyt aa3 (%change from baseline)

CO

DO2

VO2

o cannot yet be quantified in vivoo good for trend-following … … ideally from normal baseline o limited use in patient who’s already critically ill

Mitochondrial redox stateMitochondrial redox state

SUMMARY: mitochondrionSUMMARY: mitochondrion

o .. the ideal organelle to monitor the adequacy of organ perfusiono .. but, at present, no bedside mitochondrial monitor that offers more than trend following

SUMMARY: overallSUMMARY: overall

o shock is not an homogenous condition

o we still lack the perfect bedside tool to assess

adequacy of organ perfusion

o will there ever be one?

o is measuring site representative of other organ

beds?

o should we use an amalgam of technologies?

o tool-directed outcome studies are needed