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Anesth Analg 2004;99:1642-1647
© 2004 International Anesthesia Research Society
doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000136952.85278.99

PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA

An Evaluation of a Noninvasive Cardiac Output Measurement Using Partial Carbon Dioxide Rebreathing in Children

Richard J. Levy, MD*, Rosetta M. Chiavacci, BSN*, Susan C. Nicolson, MD*, Jonathan J. Rome, MD{dagger}, Richard J. Lin, MD*, Mark A. Helfaer, MD*, and Vinay M. Nadkarni, MD*

*Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine; and {dagger}Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Richard J. Levy, MD, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th St. and Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104. Address e-mail to levyri{at}email.chop.edu


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Cardiac output (CO) is an important hemodynamic measure that helps to guide the therapy of critically ill patients. Invasive CO assessment in infants and children is often avoided because of the inherent risks. A noninvasive CO monitor that uses partial rebreathing has been recently developed to determine CO via the Fick principle for carbon dioxide. There have been no clinical studies confirming its accuracy in pediatric patients. This is a prospective observational study of 37 children <12 yr of age who underwent cardiac catheterization. Under general anesthesia via an endotracheal tube without a leak, we made multiple CO measurements using thermodilution and compared them with noninvasively determined CO measurements. Paired measurements were analyzed for bias, precision, and correlation via Bland-Altman plot and linear regression. Noninvasive measurements showed a linear correlation with thermodilution CO assessment with an r value of 0.83 (P < 0.03). Bland-Altman analysis yielded a bias of –0.27 L/min and a precision ±1.49 L/min. Cardiac index measurements demonstrated a decreased r value of 0.67 (P = 0.15) and a bias of –0.18 L · min–1 · m–2 and precision of ±2.13 L · min–1 · m–2. Differences between partial rebreathing measurements and thermodilution measurements were largest in children with a body surface area of ≤0.6 m2 ventilated with tidal volumes <300 mL. Based on these findings, noninvasive CO measurement using partial rebreathing may be clinically acceptable in children with >0.6 m2 body surface area and >300 mL tidal volume.

IMPLICATIONS: In this study, our aim was to evaluate the accuracy of a noninvasive technique of measuring cardiac output in children. Measures of cardiac output obtained via partial rebreathing were compared with measures obtained by thermodilution.


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Cardiac output (CO) is an important hemodynamic measure that helps to guide patient therapy both in the operating room and in the intensive care unit. The "gold standards" of CO measurement are techniques that use dye dilution or thermodilution or that apply the Fick principle to metabolism of oxygen (1–3). The most common standardized method of CO assessment in children and adults is the thermodilution technique via pulmonary artery catheter (2,4). Assessment of CO in pediatric patients by pulmonary artery catheterization is often technically difficult and the benefit of its use is often outweighed by the inherent risks of invasive catheterization (carotid artery puncture, cardiac arrhythmia, bleeding, embolism, clotting, and infection) (5). Alternative techniques for noninvasive assessment of CO (e.g., thoracic bioimpedance and transesophageal doppler ultrasound) have not been able to accurately and consistently estimate CO over a wide range of CO and disease processes (6–9).

Recently, a noninvasive CO monitor (NICO) has been developed that uses partial rebreathing of carbon dioxide (CO2) and determines CO via the Fick principle for CO2 (Novametrix Medical Systems Inc. [Respironics], Wallingford, CT) (10). In animal studies, Bland-Altman analysis and regression analysis of noninvasive CO measurements, determined by the NICO monitor, were accurate and showed tight correlation when compared with thermodilution measurements of CO, even in the presence of lung disease.1 The NICO monitor has also been clinically validated in adults and is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use with tidal volumes ≥200 mL.2–4 No clinical studies have confirmed the accuracy of CO determination using partial rebreathing in pediatric patients.

Cardiopulmonary relationships and lung anatomy and physiology differ in infants and children from those of adults (11,12). Because the measurement of CO using partial rebreathing may be influenced by these differences, evaluation of its accuracy is important in pediatric patients. Thus, the purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of noninvasive CO measurement using partial rebreathing compared with measurement obtained via thermodilution in children.


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This was a prospective observational study and was approved by the IRB of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Written informed consent was obtained from each patient’s parent or legal guardian.

Thirty-seven pediatric patients aged 16 mo to 12 yr, weighing between 9.4 and 42 kg undergoing cardiac catheterization to evaluate hemodynamic function were studied (Table 1). Patients were excluded if they weighed <8 kg, had intracardiac mixing lesions, or had documented pulmonary hypertension. An 8-kg minimum weight requirement was chosen based on the NICO monitor’s Food and Drug Administration approved minimum tidal volume of 200 mL. Patients with intracardiac mixing lesions were excluded because of inaccurate estimates of CO by thermodilution. Children with pulmonary hypertension, defined as having systolic pulmonary artery or right ventricular blood pressure more than half of the systemic systolic blood pressure, were not studied because the potential increase in serum CO2 content during partial rebreathing could further increase pulmonary vascular resistance.


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  		Table 1. Summary of Patients
 
Each patient received a general anesthetic consisting of an IV induction with a thiopental bolus (2–5 mg/kg) or a propofol bolus (2–3 mg/kg) followed by muscle relaxation with a pancuronium bolus (0.1 mg/kg). Anesthesia was maintained with a propofol infusion (25–100 µg · kg–1 · min–1), inhaled isoflurane (0.2%–0.4%), and inspired oxygen (21%). Patients’ tracheas were intubated with either a cuffed or uncuffed tracheal tube such that there was no audible airway leak at <30 cm H2O. The patient’s mechanical ventilation was titrated to prospectively designated standard target ranges for tidal volume, arterial pH, partial pressure of CO2, and partial pressure of oxygen using peak inspiratory pressures ≤30 cm H2O without the use of positive end-expiratory pressure. Ventilation was achieved such that there was no audible air leak, and partial pressure of CO2 was targeted to 40 mm Hg. Each patient was continuously monitored with pulse oximetry, end-tidal CO2, noninvasive arterial blood pressure, electrocardiogram, and temperature measurement.

The cardiologist placed a pulmonary artery catheter (6F; Arrow International Inc., Reading, PA) under fluoroscopic guidance. CO values derived from thermodilution (COTD) were obtained after injection of 5 or 10 mL of cold saline (0°C) with appropriate calibration constant based on the length of the catheter and volume of iced saline injectate. Three to 4 COTD measurements were made and the mean was recorded. Measurements that were more than a 15% deviation from the mean were discarded by the cardiologist.

The NICO CO2 sensor was calibrated to zero before initiating measurements by opening the system to atmosphere. Twenty-one percent inspired oxygen was entered into the data of the NICO monitor. NICO measures were only taken during the period of thermodilution measurement. The length of the rebreathing tubing was maintained in the smallest position. The NICO sensor (Novametrix Medical Systems Inc.) allowed 50 s of partial rebreathing of exhaled CO2. Three to 4 noninvasive CO values were determined with the NICO monitor (CONI) (software version 3.1, fast mode) simultaneously with COTD assessment. The same number of COTD measurements accepted by the cardiologist was taken noninvasively.

The NICO monitor calculated CO using the Fick equation for CO2. Assuming that dead-space volume and the mixed venous content of CO2 remained constant during rebreathing, CO was calculated using the change in CO2 excretion and change in end-tidal CO2 based on the slope of the CO2 dissociation curve from hemoglobin (a detailed review is presented elsewhere) (13). All values reported on the NICO monitor were included and the calculated mean was recorded.

A sample size of 37 patients was chosen based on the width of the 95% confidence interval. There is minimal change of this confidence interval in larger sample sizes.

A linear regression plot of the means of CONI versus COTD was graphed and Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) was calculated. Evaluation of cardiac performance in children is usually described in terms of cardiac index (CI = CO divided by body surface area [BSA]) because BSA increases from infancy to adolescence. Thus, we calculated the r value from a second linear regression plot of mean indexed CO derived from noninvasive measurement (CINI) versus the mean indexed CO derived from thermodilution (CITD). Statistical analysis was performed with the Student’s t-test. Significance was set at P < 0.05.

Bland-Altman analysis was performed by plotting the differences between the means of COTD and CONI versus the average of the means (14). Bias, the deviation of a measurement from COTD, was represented by the mean of the differences between COTD and CONI. Precision, the ability to reproduce the same measurement given the same conditions, was represented by the 95% confidence interval of the mean (14). Accuracy was defined as the degree to which a noninvasive measurement represented the thermodilution measurement. A second Bland-Altman analysis was plotted for indexed measurements.

The percentage difference between measures of CONI and COTD and indexed COs was also performed.

To determine the effect of the BSA and tidal volume on the differences between measurements obtained by partial rebreathing and thermodilution, we performed post hoc sensitivity analyses (15). We plotted BSA and tidal volume against the differences between measurements of CONI and COTD and against the differences between CINI and CITD.


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Linear regression analysis between CONI and COTD yielded an r value of 0.83 (P < 0.03) (Fig. 1A). Bland-Altman analysis demonstrated a bias of –0.27 L/min and precision of ±1.49 L/min (Fig. 1B). Interestingly, as seen in Figure 1B, CONI underestimated COTD at an average CO <3 L/min. As the average CO increased to >3 L/min, CONI consistently overestimated COTD. The mean difference between all CONI and COTD measurements was 3.2% ± 17.2%.



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  		Figure 1. Correlation between measurements. A, Linear regression analysis of cardiac output (CO) measurements obtained by noninvasive partial rebreathing (CONI) and those obtained by thermodilution (COTD). B, Bland-Altman analysis of CO measurements obtained by CONI and COTD. Lines represent bias and the 95% limits of agreement. C, Linear regression analysis of cardiac index (CI) measurements obtained by noninvasive partial rebreathing (CINI) and those obtained by thermodilution (CITD). D, Bland-Altman analysis of CI measurements obtained by CINI and CITD. Error bars in (A) and (C) represent standard deviation of mean measurements. Lines in (B) and (D) represent bias and the 95% limits of agreement.

 
Linear regression analysis of CINI and CITD yielded a decrease in the correlation coefficient to an r value of 0.67 (P = 0.15) (Fig. 1C). Bland-Altman analysis of indexed values demonstrated a bias of –0.18 L · min–1 · m–2 and a precision of ±2.13 L · min–1 · m–2 (Fig. 1D). Here too, CINI underestimated CITD at lower average CIs and overestimated CITD at higher average CIs (Fig. 1D). The mean difference between all CINI and CITD measurements was 5.0% ± 17.0%.

With both CONI and CINI, each measurement was highly repeatable with only 4% error ±6 from the mean measurement in each patient (vertical error bars, Fig. 1, A and C).

Post hoc sensitivity analysis of BSA and tidal volume as a function of the differences between CONI and COTD (Fig. 2A) demonstrated that across all BSAs and tidal volumes evaluated, the difference between the 2 measures of CO was <2 L/min. However, post hoc analysis of indexed measurements (Fig. 2B) showed that the differences between the two measures of CI reached values as high as 2.3 L · min–1 · m–2 especially in patients with BSAs of ≤0.6 m2 (closed circles). Ten of the 11 patients with BSAs of ≤0.6 m2 were ventilated with tidal volumes of <300 mL (gray circles, Fig. 2B). The five patients causing the most variation with respect to noninvasive CI estimation were in this group.



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  		Figure 2. Post hoc sensitivity analysis. A, Difference between cardiac output (CO) measurements obtained by noninvasive partial rebreathing (CONI) and those obtained by thermodilution (COTD) related to body surface area (BSA) and tidal volume. B, Difference between cardiac index (CI) measurements obtained by noninvasive partial rebreathing (CINI) and thermodilution (CITD) related to BSA and tidal volume. Solid circles represent values of BSA, open circles represent values of tidal volume, and gray circles are tidal volume values of patients with a BSA <0.6 m2.

 

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Historically, measurements of CO are clinically useful if they are within 10%–20% of the accepted standard (16). When comparing measurements obtained by two different techniques, a correlation coefficient of ≥0.8 indicates a strongly positive relationship (17). An r value between 0.5 and 0.8 indicates moderate correlation (17). Prior studies in adults comparing CONI and COTD reported r values of 0.78 or better (18). In this pediatric cardiac catheterization population, comparison of NICO-derived CONI with COTD yielded an r value of 0.83. This represents a strongly positive correlation and is comparable with results obtained in adult studies. A bias of –0.27 L/min is quite acceptable in clinical practice and the precision (±1.49 L) was relatively narrow. Although 1.49 L precision compares well to results from prior studies (Table 2), this degree of error could be quite significant in patients with smaller COs (18). However, precision represents the second standard deviation around the mean (bias) and most of the error was <1.49 L. In fact, the average percentage difference between CONI and COTD measurements was 3.2% ± 17.2%. This is within clinically accepted error.


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  		Table 2. Comparative Studies of Partial Rebreathing Measurements Versus with Thermodilution
 
The relationship between CONI and COTD weakened when measurements were indexed to BSA. The correlation decreased to 0.67 and the precision widened to ±2.13 L · min–1 · m–2. The average percentage difference between CINI and CITD measurements also increased to 5.0% ± 17.0%. This means that a number of the measures had an error more than the 10%–20% clinically accepted.

Post hoc sensitivity analysis demonstrated that the differences between CONI and COTD were fairly uniform across all BSAs and tidal volumes. However, the differences between CINI and CITD increased dramatically at BSAs <0.6 m2. The majority of these patients had tidal volumes of <300 mL. Thus, in patients with BSA <0.6 m2 and in those ventilated with tidal volumes of <300 mL, noninvasive determination of CI with partial rebreathing was less accurate.

A potential explanation for the diminishing correlation between the measures of CINI and CITD when the data were indexed is that differences between the two types of measures were magnified when BSAs were <1 m2. For instance, in a patient with a BSA of 0.5 m2, if the difference between CONI and COTD is 0.5 L/min, the difference increases to 1 L · min–1 · m–2 when the data are indexed. By the same token, differences between CINI and CITD would decrease in patients with a BSA of >1 m2.

Furthermore, the 200-mL tidal volume as a lower limit for sensor function probably accounts for the major differences between noninvasively measured CI and indexed measurements obtained by thermodilution in the smaller children. Potentially, the smaller volumes of gas moving through the sensor could lead to error in the calculation of CO. Based on the post hoc data, it seems that 300 mL is the smallest tidal volume that yielded acceptable noninvasive COs and CIs.

Most clinical studies evaluating the partial rebreathing technique have reported overestimation of lower COs noninvasively and underestimation of higher COs (19). In contrast, our study in children shows that CONI underestimated COTD at lower average COs and overestimated COTD at higher COs. Although opposite to results reported in adults, our findings may be explained by the sources of error proposed by Yem et al. (19). Recirculation of mixed venous blood with increased CO2 content may be increased in children with higher COs leading to overestimation of CO. In lower CO states, recirculation may be decreased and CO may be underestimated.

Another source of error is rebreathing time. At lower COs, the rebreathing time needed to accurately determine pulmonary blood flow is longer than the 50 seconds of rebreathing performed noninvasively (19). Furthermore, the rebreathing time required for accurate measurement in higher CO states is <24 seconds (19). Therefore, partial rebreathing may underestimate lower COs and overestimate higher COs in children solely on the basis of rebreathing time.

Despite these potential sources of error, the partial rebreathing technique measured CO reproducibly with little error between measures in each patient. Underestimation of lower COs and overestimation of higher COs coupled with highly reproducible values, make the NICO a potential monitor to trend CO during dynamic states. This is because a low CO value reported on the NICO is likely to be truly low and a high CO value is likely to be truly high.

Comparing a technique to thermodilution, which has a margin of error associated with it, has its limitations. Compared with direct Fick method, thermodilution has a bias and precision of 2.3 ± 1.6 L/min (20). In critically ill patients, the bias and precision has been reported to be –0.17 ± 3.13 L/min (21). In infants and children, thermodilution measurements vary from Fick-determined measurements by as much as 21% (22).

In this study, the majority of patients evaluated had relatively healthy lungs and near normal cardiovascular function during a period of static hemodynamics. Demonstration of acceptable correlation of NICO with thermodilution measurement of CO in these patients does not indicate that noninvasive assessment will be accurate in less healthy subjects and during periods of hemodynamic instability. Recognizing the limitations of examining CO measurements in a relatively healthy population, we intended this project to be a pilot study to determine the accuracy of NICO given the nuances of pediatric cardiopulmonary anatomy and physiology. Further investigations will focus on critically ill children with more complex disease processes and a wider range of CI and will build on the results of this investigation. Although ours was not designed as a safety study, it is worth noting that there were no adverse hemodynamic events or respiratory compromise during partial rebreathing.

A further limitation of this study is the exclusion of patients with pulmonary hypertension and intracardiac mixing lesions. Anesthesiologists and intensivists often treat these subgroups of patients empirically and would benefit from accurate CO measurement to guide therapy.

Finally, the 200-mL tidal volume is a major limitation. The current sensor and technology are designed for adult patients with larger tidal volumes. Herein, we have demonstrated that, in terms of accuracy, the lower limit of tidal volume is approximately 300 mL for this sensor. Furthermore, we have shown that with the current technology, the smaller body size limit is a BSA of 0.6 m2.

Our exclusion of patients weighing <8 kg was an important but necessary limitation based on the 200-mL tidal volume limitation. With 8 kg as the lower limit, we could safely deliver up to 200 mL of tidal volume (25 mL/kg) without causing excessive barotrauma or excessive inflating pressure (peak pressure <30 cm H2O). However, this subgroup, including those with a BSA <0.6 m2, may be the most important to evaluate with regard to CO measurement. At the time of this study, technology to use partial rebreathing with tidal volumes <200 mL had not been developed. Until this technology becomes available, application of NICO to smaller patients with a tidal volume limitation may be problematic.

Given these limitations, we conclude that noninvasive measurement of CO using partial rebreathing technology may provide clinically acceptable assessment of CO in hemodynamically stable children. Further study is required to establish the accuracy of this technology in patients with a BSA of <0.6 m2 and in patients ventilated with <300 mL tidal volume. In addition, determination of CO via partial rebreathing needs to be assessed in children who are hemodynamically unstable.


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Supported by the Endowed Chair of Critical Care Medicine at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.


   Footnotes
 
1 Johnson KB, Haryadi DG, Orr JA, et al. Influence of pulmonary edema on noninvasive measurements of cardiac output using partial CO2 rebreathing in a canine model [abstract]. Anesthesiology 1998;89:A535. Back

2 Watt RC, Loeb RG, Orr J. Comparison of a new noninvasive cardiac output technique with invasive bolus and continuous thermodilution [abstract]. Anesthesiology 1998;89:A536. Back

3 Guzzi L, Jaffe M, Orr J. Clinical evaluation of a new noninvasive method of cardiac output measurement: preliminary results in CABG patients [abstract]. Anesthesiology 1998;89:A543. Back

4 Kuck K, Haryadi DG, Orr JA, Bailey PL. Evaluation of partial re-breathing cardiac output measurement during surgery [abstract]. Anesthesiology 1998;89:A542. Back


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