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British Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol 76, Issue 1 5-8, Copyright © 1996 by The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONS

Dobutamine increases oxygen consumption during constant flow cardiopulmonary bypass

W. Karzai, A. Lotte, M. Gunnicker, U. M. Vorgrimler-Karzai and H. J. Priebe
Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital of Essen, Essen, Germany

We have studied the effects of flow and dobutamine on systemic haemodynamic variables, oxygen delivery (DO2) and oxygen consumption (VO2) in 20 patients during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) with mild hypothermia (34 degrees C). In a subgroup of seven patients, we also studied the effects on gastric microcirculatory blood flow (MCF) using laser Doppler flowmetry. During CPB, measurements were made before and after two interventions: the first consisted of increasing flow from 2.4 to 3.0 litre min-1 m-2 for 10 min; the second consisted of an infusion of dobutamine at a rate of 6 micrograms kg-1 min-1 for 10 min during constant flow CPB. There were no significant differences in DO2, VO2 or haemodynamic variables between the two baseline measurements. The increase in flow raised DO2 (27%, P < 0.001), mean arterial pressure (P < 0.01) and MCF (P < 0.01), but failed to increase VO2. In contrast, dobutamine infusion increased VO2 (11%, P < 0.001) during constant flow CPB without significant changes in DO2, systemic haemodynamic variables or MCF. These results indicate that increases in VO2 during dobutamine may be flow-independent.
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