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Kouz K, Weidemann F, Naebian A, Lohr A, Bergholz A, Thomsen KK, Krause L, Petzoldt M, Moll-Khosrawi P, Sessler DI, Flick M, Saugel B: Continuous finger-cuff versus intermittent oscillometric arterial pressure monitoring and hypotension during induction of anesthesia and noncardiac surgery: The DETECT randomized trial. Anesthesiology 2023; 139: 298-308

August 9, 2023

Background:
Finger-cuff methods allow noninvasive continuous arterial pressure monitoring. This study aimed to determine whether continuous finger- cuff arterial pressure monitoring helps clinicians reduce hypotension within 15 min after starting induction of anesthesia and during noncardiac surgery. Specifically, this study tested the hypotheses that continuous finger-cuff— compared to intermittent oscillometric—arterial pressure monitoring helps clini- cians reduce the area under a mean arterial pressure of 65 mmHg within 15 min after starting induction of anesthesia and the time-weighted average mean arte- rial pressure less than 65 mmHg during noncardiac surgery.
Methods:
n this single-center trial, 242 noncardiac surgery patients were randomized to unblinded continuous finger-cuff arterial pressure monitoring or to intermittent oscillometric arterial pressure monitoring (with blinded con- tinuous finger-cuff arterial pressure monitoring). The first of two hierarchical primary endpoints was the area under a mean arterial pressure of 65 mmHg within 15 min after starting induction of anesthesia; the second primary end- point was the time-weighted average mean arterial pressure less than 65 mmHg during surgery.
Results:
Within 15 min after starting induction of anesthesia, the median (inter- quartile range) area under a mean arterial pressure of 65 mmHg was 7 (0, 24) mmHg × min in 109 patients assigned to continuous finger-cuff monitoring ver- sus 19 (0.3, 60) mmHg × min in 113 patients assigned to intermittent oscillome- tric monitoring (P = 0.004; estimated location shift: −6 [95% CI: −15 to −0.3] mmHg × min). During surgery, the median (interquartile range) time-weighted average mean arterial pressure less than 65 mmHg was 0.04 (0, 0.27) mmHg in 112 patients assigned to continuous finger-cuff monitoring and 0.40 (0.03, 1.74) mmHg in 115 patients assigned to intermittent oscillometric monitoring (P < 0.001; estimated location shift: −0.17 [95% CI: −0.41 to −0.05] mmHg). Conclusions:
Continuous finger-cuff arterial pressure monitoring helps clinicians reduce hypotension within 15 min after starting induction of anes- thesia and during noncardiac surgery compared to intermittent oscillometric arterial pressure monitoring.
(A NESTHESIOLOGY 2023; 139:298–308)