Perioperative metabolic acidosis: The Bradford Anaesthetic Department Acidosis Study

Journal of the Intensive Care Society
T O LawtonS J Fletcher

Abstract

Metabolic acidosis is considered deleterious but is common in post-surgical patients admitted to intensive care unit. We evaluated the prevalence and time course of metabolic acidosis in elective major surgery, and generated hypotheses about causes, by hourly arterial blood sampling in 92 patients. Metabolic acidosis began before incision and most had occurred by the next hour. Seventy-eight per cent of patients had a significant metabolic acidosis post-operatively. Two overlapping phases were observed. The early phase started before incision, characterised by a rising chloride and falling anion gap, unrelated to saline use. The late phase was partly associated with lactate, related to surgery type, and early fluids appeared protective. There was a trend towards longer intensive care unit (+1.3 days) and hospital (+3.2 days) stay with metabolic acidosis. This is the first large study of the evolution of this common finding, demonstrating a pre-incision component. The early phase appears unavoidable or unpredictable, but the late phase might be modified by early fluid administration. It remains unclear whether acidosis of this type should be avoided.

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