Prediction of Volume Responsiveness After Propofol Bolus Injection in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Patients.

This prospective, observational study was conducted after approval of the Independent Bioethics Commitee at Medical University of Gdańsk (numer zgody) and registered in ClinicalTrials.gov. Mechanically ventilated patients of intensive care unit who routinely recieved haemodynamic monitoring with PiCCO™ (Getinge AB, Sweden) technology using Philips IntelliVue PiCCO-Module (Philips Healthcare, Amsterdam, Netherlands), were enrolled. Patients were sedated with midazolam infusion at 0,15 to 0,6 mg kg-1 h-1 . Before the trial in each patient, heart rate (HR) invasive (IBP) and non - invasive blood pressure, (NIBP) infusion rate of catecholamines and non adrenergic vasopressors was recorded and PiCCO device was callibrated by transpulmonary thermodilution with 20 ml of cold saline. Global end diastolic volume (GEDV), intrathoracic blood volume (ITBV) and stroke volume variation (SVV) were calculated and recorded. For effective ventilation with increased tidal volume of 8 ml kg-1 of Predicted Body Weight, each patient recieved propofol bolus of 0,25 mg kg-1, 0,5 mg kg-1 and 1,0 mg kg-1 consecutively. Higher doses were used at good tolerance of the lower ones. After each bolus systolic and diastolic invasive blood pressure, heart rate (HR), continuous cardiac output (CCO), continuous cardiac index (CCI), stroke volume index (SI), stroke volume variantion (SVV), and left ventricular contractility index (dPmax) were recorded every fifteen seconds for ten minutes. The absolute and realtive change in blood pressure, compared to the values of blood pressure before the drug administration, were correlated with SVV. Time interval between each examination ranged from 4 to 48 hours.