Neuroanesthesia & neurocritical care

Association of velocity-pressure loop-derived values recorded during neurosurgical procedures with postoperative organ failure biomarkers: a retrospective single-center study

Anaesth Crit Care Pain MedPublished Retrospective cohort study

Main finding · GALA and its predictive performanceResult — go to the resultAUC 0.88 CI 0.80–0.95

Authors' conclusion

GALA under general anaesthesia prove more effective in detecting patients at risk of early cardiac or renal biological deterioration, compared to classical hemodynamic parameters.

Study context

Population
Patients programmed for neurosurgery with continuous velocity pressure (VP) loop monitoring, without hemodynamic instabilityanalysed
Participants
86 patients
Exposure
Bio+ vs Bio-; intraoperative global afterload angle (GALA) vs mean arterial pressure (MAP) for prediction
  • Bio+n = 47
  • Bio-n = 39reference
Outcome
Prediction of early postoperative biomarker disruption by intraoperative GALA monitoring
Follow-up
1 day post-surgery
Methodological detailssingle-centre, November 2018 to November 2020
  • Single-centre
  • November 2018 to November 2020

Main finding

GALA and its predictive performance

AUC

0.88

CI 0.80–0.95

P < 0.0001

By group

As reported in the abstract

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

Baseline characteristics

P < 0.0001

Hypertensive Bio+ 25% · Bio- 9%

Antihypertensive drugs Bio+ 31.9% · Bio- 7.7%

OutcomeP value
Baseline characteristicsP = 0.009
Baseline characteristicsP = 0.013

Original publication

Association of velocity-pressure loop-derived values recorded during neurosurgical procedures with postoperative organ failure biomarkers: a retrospective single-center study. Anaesth Crit Care Pain Med. Published 10 July 2024. doi:10.1016/j.accpm.2024.101405

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