Validity and reliability of cardiac output by arterial thermodilution and arterial pulse contour analysis compared with pulmonary artery thermodilution in intensive care unit.
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2003-06-22
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Cardiac output measurement has a significat role in the critical care setting. The standard of measurement currently is via pulmonary arterial catheter but it has some technical difficulties and serious complications. The authors performed a new method of measurement that used a catheter in a femoral artery. The results of both methods performed simultaneously in 10 surgical intensive care patients every 2 hours for 24 hours were compared. There was high correlation between the two methods, r = 0.97. The average difference of the cardiac output values was 0.46 l/min with standard deviation 0.56 l/min.
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Chotmaihet Thangphaet.
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Werawatganon T, Punyatavorn S, Chatkaew P, Bunburaphong P. Validity and reliability of cardiac output by arterial thermodilution and arterial pulse contour analysis compared with pulmonary artery thermodilution in intensive care unit. Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. 2003 Jun; 86 Suppl 2(): S323-30