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Kouz K, Michard F, Bergholz A, Vokuhl C, Briesenick L, Hoppe P, Flick M, Schön G, Saugel B. Agreement between continuous and intermittent pulmonary artery thermodilution for cardiac output measurement in perioperative and intensive care medicine: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CRITICAL CARE : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE CRITICAL CARE FORUM 2021; 25:125. [PMID: 33781307 PMCID: PMC8006374 DOI: 10.1186/s13054-021-03523-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Pulmonary artery thermodilution is the clinical reference method for cardiac output monitoring. Because both continuous and intermittent pulmonary artery thermodilution are used in clinical practice it is important to know whether cardiac output measurements by the two methods are clinically interchangeable. METHODS We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical studies comparing cardiac output measurements assessed using continuous and intermittent pulmonary artery thermodilution in adult surgical and critically ill patients. 54 studies with 1522 patients were included in the analysis. RESULTS The heterogeneity across the studies was high. The overall random effects model-derived pooled estimate of the mean of the differences was 0.08 (95%-confidence interval 0.01 to 0.16) L/min with pooled 95%-limits of agreement of - 1.68 to 1.85 L/min and a pooled percentage error of 29.7 (95%-confidence interval 20.5 to 38.9)%. CONCLUSION The heterogeneity across clinical studies comparing continuous and intermittent pulmonary artery thermodilution in adult surgical and critically ill patients is high. The overall trueness/accuracy of continuous pulmonary artery thermodilution in comparison with intermittent pulmonary artery thermodilution is good (indicated by a pooled mean of the differences < 0.1 L/min). Pooled 95%-limits of agreement of - 1.68 to 1.85 L/min and a pooled percentage error of 29.7% suggest that continuous pulmonary artery thermodilution barely passes interchangeability criteria with intermittent pulmonary artery thermodilution. PROSPERO registration number CRD42020159730.
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- Karim Kouz
- Department of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Center of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistrasse 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany. .,Outcomes Research Consortium, Cleveland, OH, USA.
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The contemporary pulmonary artery catheter. Part 2: measurements, limitations, and clinical applications. J Clin Monit Comput 2021; 36:17-31. [PMID: 33646499 PMCID: PMC7917533 DOI: 10.1007/s10877-021-00673-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Nowadays, the classical pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) has an almost 50-year-old history of its clinical use for hemodynamic monitoring. In recent years, the PAC evolved from a device that enabled intermittent cardiac output measurements in combination with static pressures to a monitoring tool that provides continuous data on cardiac output, oxygen supply and-demand balance, as well as right ventricular performance. In this review, which consists of two parts, we will introduce the difference between intermittent pulmonary artery thermodilution using bolus injections, and the contemporary PAC enabling continuous measurements by using a thermal filament which heats up the blood. In this second part, we will discuss in detail the measurements of the contemporary PAC, including continuous cardiac output measurement, right ventricular ejection fraction, end-diastolic volume index, and mixed venous oxygen saturation. Limitations of all of these measurements are highlighted as well. We conclude that thorough understanding of measurements obtained from the PAC is the first step in successful application of the PAC in daily clinical practice.
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Accuracy, Precision, and Trending Ability of Electrical Cardiometry Cardiac Index versus Continuous Pulmonary Artery Thermodilution Method: A Prospective, Observational Study. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2017; 2017:2635151. [PMID: 29130036 PMCID: PMC5654291 DOI: 10.1155/2017/2635151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Revised: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 08/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Introduction Evaluation of accuracy, precision, and trending ability of cardiac index (CI) measurements using the Aesculon™ bioimpedance electrical cardiometry (Aesc) compared to the continuous pulmonary artery thermodilution catheter (PAC) technique before, during, and after cardiac surgery. Methods A prospective observational study with fifty patients with ASA 3-4. At six time points (T), measurements of CI simultaneously by continuous cardiac output pulmonary thermodilution and thoracic bioimpedance and standard hemodynamics were performed. Analysis was performed using Bland-Altman, four-quadrant plot, and polar plot methodology. Results CI obtained with pulmonary artery thermodilution and thoracic bioimpedance ranged from 1.00 to 6.75 L min−1 and 0.93 to 7.25 L min−1, respectively. Bland-Altman analysis showed a bias between CIBIO and CIPAC of 0.52 liters min−1 m−2, with LOA of [−2.2; 1.1] liters min−1 m−2. Percentage error between the two techniques was above 30% at every time point. Polar plot methodology and 4-quadrant analysis showed poor trending ability. Skin incision had no effect on the results. Conclusion CI obtained by continuous PAC and CI obtained by Aesculon bioimpedance are not interchangeable in cardiac surgical patients. No effects of skin incision were found. International clinical trial registration number is ISRCTN26732484.
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Souto Moura T, Aguiar Rosa S, Germano N, Cavaco R, Sequeira T, Alves M, Papoila AL, Bento L. The accuracy of PiCCO® in measuring cardiac output in patients under therapeutic hypothermia: Comparison with transthoracic echocardiography. Med Intensiva 2017; 42:92-98. [PMID: 28552462 DOI: 10.1016/j.medin.2017.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Revised: 01/30/2017] [Accepted: 03/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Invasive cardiac monitoring using thermodilution methods such as PiCCO® is widely used in critically ill patients and provides a wide range of hemodynamic variables, including cardiac output (CO). However, in post-cardiac arrest patients subjected to therapeutic hypothermia, the low body temperature possibly could interfere with the technique. Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography (ECHO) has long proved its accuracy in estimating CO, and is not influenced by temperature changes. OBJECTIVE To assess the accuracy of PiCCO® in measuring CO in patients under therapeutic hypothermia, compared with ECHO. DESIGN AND PATIENTS Thirty paired COECHO/COPiCCO measurements were analyzed in 15 patients subjected to hypothermia after cardiac arrest. Eighteen paired measurements were obtained at under 36°C and 12 at ≥36°C. A value of 0.5l/min was considered the maximum accepted difference between the COECHO and COPiCCO values. RESULTS Under conditions of normothermia (≥36°C), the mean difference between COECHO and COPiCCO was 0.030 l/min, with limits of agreement (-0.22, 0.28) - all of the measurements differing by less than 0.5 l/min. In situations of hypothermia (<36°C), the mean difference in CO measurements was -0.426 l/min, with limits of agreement (-1.60, 0.75), and only 44% (8/18) of the paired measurements fell within the interval (-0.5, 0.5). The calculated temperature cut-off point maximizing specificity was 35.95°C: above this temperature, specificity was 100%, with a false-positive rate of 0%. CONCLUSIONS The results clearly show clinically relevant discordance between COECHO and COPiCCO at temperatures of <36°C, demonstrating the inaccuracy of PiCCO® for cardiac output measurements in hypothermic patients.
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- T Souto Moura
- Medicine Department 1, 4 São José's Hospital, Central Lisbon Hospitalar Centre, Portugal.
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- Cardiology Department, Santa Marta's Hospital, Central Lisbon Hospitalar Centre, Portugal
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- Medical Urgency Unit, São José's Hospital, Central Lisbon Hospitalar Centre, Portugal
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- Medical Urgency Unit, São José's Hospital, Central Lisbon Hospitalar Centre, Portugal
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- Medical Urgency Unit, São José's Hospital, Central Lisbon Hospitalar Centre, Portugal
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- Epidemiological and Statistical Analysis Department, Investigation Center of the Central Lisbon Hospitalar Centre, Portugal
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- Epidemiological and Statistical Analysis Department, Investigation Center of the Central Lisbon Hospitalar Centre, Portugal; Statistical and Applications Center of NOVA Medical School, Portugal
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- Medical Urgency Unit, São José's Hospital, Central Lisbon Hospitalar Centre, Portugal
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Comparison of an advanced minimally invasive cardiac output monitoring with a continuous invasive cardiac output monitoring during lung transplantation. J Clin Monit Comput 2015. [PMID: 26223864 DOI: 10.1007/s10877-015-9741-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The aim of this study was to compare a continuous non-calibrated left heart cardiac index (CI) measurement by arterial waveform analysis (FloTrac(®)/Vigileo(®)) with a continuous calibrated right heart CI measurement by pulmonary artery thermodilution (CCOmbo-PAC(®)/Vigilance II(®)) for hemodynamic monitoring during lung transplantation. CI was measured simultaneously by both techniques in 13 consecutive lung transplants (n = 4 single-lung transplants, n = 9 sequential double-lung transplants) at distinct time points perioperatively. Linear regression analysis and Bland-Altman analysis with percentage error calculation were used for statistical comparison of CI measurements by both techniques. In this study the FloTrac(®) system underestimated the CI in comparison with the continuous pulmonary arterial thermodilution (p < 0.000). For all measurement pairs we calculated a bias of -0.55 l/min/m(2) with limits of agreement between -2.31 and 1.21 l/min/m(2) and a percentage error of 55 %. The overall correlations before clamping a branch oft the pulmonary artery (percentage error 41 %) and during the clamping periods of a branch oft the pulmonary artery (percentage error 66 %) failed to reached the required percentage error of less than 30 %. We found good agreement of both CI measurements techniques only during the measurement point "15 min after starting the second one-lung ventilation period" (percentage error 30 %). No agreement was found during all other measurement points. This pilot study shows for the first time that the CI of the FloTrac(®) system is not comparable with the continuous pulmonary-artery thermodilution during lung transplantation including the time periods without clamping a branch of the pulmonary artery. Arterial waveform and continuous pulmonary artery thermodilution are, therefore, not interchangeable during these complex operations.
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Accuracy of continuous thermodilution cardiac output monitoring by pulmonary artery catheter during therapeutic hypothermia in post-cardiac arrest patients. Resuscitation 2014; 85:1263-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2014.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Revised: 06/08/2014] [Accepted: 06/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Dag O, Kaygin MA, Aydin A, Limandal HK, Arslan Ü, Kiymaz A, Kahraman N, Calik ES, Erkut B. Is Administration of Preoperative Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors Important for Renal Protection after Cardiac Surgery? Ren Fail 2013; 35:754-60. [DOI: 10.3109/0886022x.2013.777891] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Geerts BF, Aarts LP, Jansen JR. Methods in pharmacology: measurement of cardiac output. Br J Clin Pharmacol 2011; 71:316-30. [PMID: 21284692 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2125.2010.03798.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Many methods of cardiac output measurement have been developed, but the number of methods useful for human pharmacological studies is limited. The 'holy grail' for the measurement of cardiac output would be a method that is accurate, precise, operator independent, fast responding, non-invasive, continuous, easy to use, cheap and safe. This method does not exist today. In this review on cardiac output methods used in pharmacology, the Fick principle, indicator dilution techniques, arterial pulse contour analysis, ultrasound and bio-impedance are reviewed.
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- Bart F Geerts
- Departments of Anaesthesiology Intensive Care Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
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Bendjelid K. Continuous Thermodilution Cardiac Output Monitoring During Therapeutic Hypothermia. Anesth Analg 2011; 112:250-1. [DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181f33910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Critchley LA, Lee A, Ho AMH. A Critical Review of the Ability of Continuous Cardiac Output Monitors to Measure Trends in Cardiac Output. Anesth Analg 2010; 111:1180-92. [DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181f08a5b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 380] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Cardiac output monitoring using indicator-dilution techniques: basics, limits, and perspectives. Anesth Analg 2010; 110:799-811. [PMID: 20185659 DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181cc885a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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The ability to monitor cardiac output is one of the important cornerstones of hemodynamic assessment for managing critically ill patients at increased risk for developing cardiac complications, and in particular in patients with preexisting cardiovascular comorbidities. For >30 years, single-bolus thermodilution measurement through a pulmonary artery catheter for assessment of cardiac output has been widely accepted as the "clinical standard" for advanced hemodynamic monitoring. In this article, we review this clinical standard, along with current alternatives also based on the indicator-dilution technique, such as the transcardiopulmonary thermodilution and lithium dilution techniques. In this review, not only the underlying technical principles and the unique features but also the limitations of each application of indicator dilution are outlined.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Several less invasive cardiac output monitoring techniques are now commercially available and have the potential to replace the pulmonary artery catheter under certain clinical circumstances. The aim of this review is to give a synopsis of the currently available cardiac output measurement methods. This information should help in selecting the appropriate technique in a particular clinical setting. RECENT FINDINGS An overview is given of the currently available techniques for cardiac output monitoring. Recent validation studies demonstrate that pulse wave analysis may be used reliably as an alternative to the pulmonary artery catheter in different clinical settings. The use of transesophageal echocardiography and Doppler measurements is limited due to high operator dependency, the partial carbon dioxide rebreathing technique should be applied in a precisely defined clinical setting to mechanically ventilated patients only, and pulsed dye densitometry as well as the bioimpedance technique are currently primarily applied in an investigational setting. SUMMARY Less invasive cardiac output monitoring techniques may replace the pulmonary artery catheter in different clinical settings considering the specific properties of these techniques. The pulmonary artery catheter, however, may still be recommended for cardiac output measurement in specific clinical situations when monitoring of pulmonary artery pressures is desirable.
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- Christoph K Hofer
- Institute of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Triemli City Hospital, Switzerland.
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Lee JY, Shim JK, Choi YS, Hong SW, Park HM, Kwak YL. Comparison of Continuous, Stat, and Intermittent Bolus Cardiac Output Measurements during Cardiac Surgery. Korean J Anesthesiol 2008. [DOI: 10.4097/kjae.2008.54.6.603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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- Ji Yeon Lee
- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Gil Hospital, Gachon University of Medical and Science, Incheon, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Button D, Weibel L, Reuthebuch O, Genoni M, Zollinger A, Hofer CK. Clinical evaluation of the FloTrac/Vigileo system and two established continuous cardiac output monitoring devices in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Br J Anaesth 2007; 99:329-36. [PMID: 17631509 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aem188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 129] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Assessment of cardiac output (CO) by the FloTrac/Vigileo system may offer a less invasive means of determining the CO than either the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) or the PiCCOplus system. The aim of this study was to compare CO measurements made using the FloTrac/Vigileo system with upgraded software (FCO, Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine CA, USA), the PiCCOplus system (PCO, Pulsion Medical Systems, Munich, Germany) and continuous CO monitoring using a PAC (CCO; Vigilance monitoring, Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine CA, USA) with intermittent pulmonary artery thermodilution (ICO). The study was conducted in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery. METHODS Thirty-one patients with preserved left ventricular function were enrolled. CCO, FCO, and PCO were recorded in the perioperative period at six predefined time points after achieving stable haemodynamic conditions; ICO was determined from the mean of three bolus injections. Bland-Altman analysis was used to compare CCO, FCO, and PCO with ICO. RESULTS Bland-Altman analysis revealed a comparable mean bias and limits of agreement for all tested continuous CO monitoring devices using ICO as reference method. Agreement for all devices decreased in the postoperative period. CONCLUSION The performance of the FloTrac/Vigileo system, the PiCCOplus, and the Vigilance CCO monitoring for CO measurement were comparable when tested against intermittent thermodilution in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery.
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- Institute of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Triemli City Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Schroeder RA, Bar-Yosef S, Mark JB. Intraoperative Hemodynamic Monitoring. CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2007. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84628-715-2_122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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de Waal EEC, de Rossi L, Buhre W. [Pulmonary artery catheter in anaesthesiology and intensive care medicine]. Anaesthesist 2006; 55:713-28; quiz 729-30. [PMID: 16775733 DOI: 10.1007/s00101-006-1037-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The indication for the use of the pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) in high-risk patients is still a matter of discussion. Observational studies suggested that the use of the PAC did not result in decreased mortality but may even lead to increased mortality and morbidity. Therefore, a number of randomized controlled trials have been performed throughout recent years in patients suffering from sepsis/ARDS, congestive heart failure, multi-organ failure and those undergoing high-risk non-cardiac surgery. The majority of recent randomized studies failed to demonstrate any benefit of the PAC with respect to mortality and morbidity. However, the use of the PAC was also regularly not associated with an increase in morbidity and/or mortality. This review gives an overview of measurement parameters obtained by the current generation of PACs, alternatives to the PAC and recent studies on the use of the PAC in clinical practice.
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- E E C de Waal
- Division of Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anaesthesiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, GA 3508 Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Otsuki DA, Cardieri FA, Schmidt AP, Brudniewski M, Fantoni DT, Auler JOC. Comparison between intermittent and continuous measurement of cardiac output after acute normovolemic hemodilution in pigs. Artif Organs 2006; 30:458-66. [PMID: 16734598 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2006.00242.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Continuous cardiac output (CO) and mixed venous oxygen saturation (SvO2) determined through the pulmonary artery catheter may be helpful in monitoring hemodynamic conditions in critically ill patients. This study aimed to evaluate CO and SvO2 in a model of acute normovolemic hemodilution (ANH), analyzing the accuracy of the continuous versus intermittent method for CO and SvO2 measurement in pigs. Twenty-three pigs were enrolled to three groups: control, ANH with 6% hydroxyethyl starch (HES), or ANH with lactated Ringer's (LR) solution. After hemodilution, we showed that SvO2 was reduced in both groups, mainly in LR animals (P < 0.05). Regarding the evaluation of CO, we showed an increase in both groups submitted to ANH (P < 0.05). Through Bland-Altman analysis, we showed that the continuous CO catheter presented lower values than the intermittent method after hemodilution, mainly with HES (P < 0.001), and there was no difference in the measurement of SvO2. The ANH promoted a decrease in SvO2 and an increase in CO values, mainly in animals submitted to hemodilution with HES. The use of continuous and intermittent (laboratory) measurement of SvO2 showed clinical applicability and good agreement, an effect not reproduced by the CO measurement. New studies are needed to further investigate the agreement between the continuous and intermittent methods for the measurement of CO in adverse hemodynamic conditions such as ANH.
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- Denise A Otsuki
- Department of Anesthesia (LIMOS), University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil
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Bendjelid K, Schütz N, Suter PM, Romand JA. Continuous cardiac output monitoring after cardiopulmonary bypass: a comparison with bolus thermodilution measurement. Intensive Care Med 2006; 32:919-22. [PMID: 16601960 DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0161-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2005] [Accepted: 03/15/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The interchangeability of continuous measurement of cardiac output (CO) with the traditional bolus method in patients after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is uncertain. DESIGN Prospective observational clinical study. SETTING A 20-bed surgical ICU at a university hospital. PATIENTS Fourteen deeply sedated, ventilated, post-cardiac surgery patients, all equipped with a pulmonary artery catheter. INTERVENTIONS Six hours after the end of the CPB, 56 simultaneous bolus and continuous measurements were compared by a linear regression analysis and Bland-Altman analysis. Bolus CO was estimated by averaging triplicate injections of 10 ml room-temperature NaCl 0.9%, delivered randomly during the respiratory cycle. A stringent maximum difference of 0.55 l min(-1) (about 10% of the mean bolus measured) was considered as a clinically acceptable agreement between the two types of measurements. To be interchangeable the limits of agreement (+/-2 SD of the mean difference between the two methods) should not exceed the chosen acceptable difference. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS Continuous was correlated with bolus CO, with a correlation coefficient of r(2)=0.68. (p<0.01). The Bland-Altman analysis demonstrated an objective mean bias of 0.33+/-0.6 l min(-1) (confidence interval of -0.87-1.58) with 34% of measured values falling outside of the clinically acceptable limits. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that, in the first 6 h after CPB, continuous and bolus CO determinations are not interchangeable; one third of the values obtained by continuous CO fell outside the strict limits of clinically useful precision.
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- Karim Bendjelid
- Geneva University Hospitals, Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Anaesthesiology, Pharmacology and Surgical Intensive Care, 1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland.
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Jansen JRC, van den Berg PCM. Cardiac Output by Thermodilution and Arterial Pulse Contour Techniques. UPDATE IN INTENSIVE CARE AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/3-540-26900-2_10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Zink W, Nöll J, Rauch H, Bauer H, Desimone R, Martin E, Böttiger BW. Continuous assessment of right ventricular ejection fraction: new pulmonary artery catheter versus transoesophageal echocardiography. Anaesthesia 2004; 59:1126-32. [PMID: 15479324 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03876.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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In 25 cardiac surgical patients, right ventricular ejection fraction was continuously measured with a new pulmonary artery catheter and transoesophageal echocardiography, scanning the 'fractional area change' in a standardised transatrial cross section area. Measurements were recorded at three predefined time points (pre-, intra-, and postoperatively). Both methods were compared using the Bland-Altman analysis. Comparing right ventricular ejection fraction values obtained from the pulmonary artery catheter with those assessed by transoesophageal echocardiography, bias was -3.7%, with a precision of 30.9%. Bias and precision significantly improved when the heart rate was less than 100 beats.min(-1), pulmonary artery pressures were low and cardiac performance adequate. In conclusion, the new continuous pulmonary artery catheter system appears to be a valid and useful bedside monitoring device in the haemodynamic management of critically ill patients.
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- W Zink
- Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 110, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Botero M, Kirby D, Lobato EB, Staples ED, Gravenstein N. Measurement of cardiac output before and after cardiopulmonary bypass: Comparison among aortic transit-time ultrasound, thermodilution, and noninvasive partial CO2 rebreathing. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2004; 18:563-72. [PMID: 15578466 DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2004.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVES A noninvasive continuous cardiac output system (NICO) has been developed recently. NICO uses a ratio of the change in the end-tidal carbon dioxide partial pressure and carbon dioxide elimination in response to a brief period of partial rebreathing to measure CO. The aim of this study was to compare the agreement among NICO, bolus (TDCO), and continuous thermodilution (CCO), with transit-time flowmetry of the ascending aorta using an ultrasonic flow probe (UFP) before and after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). DESIGN Prospective, observational human study. SETTING Veterans Affairs Medical Center Hospital. PARTICIPANTS Sixty-eight patients. METHODS Matched sets of CO measurements between NICO, TDCO, CCO, and UFP were collected in 68 patients undergoing elective CABG at specific time periods before and after separation from CPB. After anesthetic induction, all patients had an NICO sensor attached between the endotracheal tube and the breathing circuit, a PAC floated into the pulmonary artery for TDCO and CCO monitoring, and a UFP positioned on the ascending aorta and used for the reference CO. Bland-Altman analysis was used to compare the agreement among the different methods. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Bland-Altman analysis of CO measurements before CPB yielded a bias, precision, and percent error of 0.04 L/min +/- 1.07 L/min (44.8%) for NICO, 0.18 L/min +/- 1.01 L/min (41.7%) for TDCO, and 0.29 L/min +/- 1.40 L/min (57.5%) for CCO compared with simultaneous UFP CO measurements, respectively. After separation from CPB (average 29 mins), bias, precision, and percent error were -0.46 L/min +/- 1.06 L/min (37.3%) for NICO, 0.35 L/min +/- 1.39 L/min (46.1%) for TDCO, and 0.36 L/min +/- 1.96 L/min (64.7%) for CCO compared with UFP CO measurements, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Before initiation of CPB, the accuracy for all 3 techniques was similar. After separation from CPB, the tendency was for NICO to underestimate CO and for TDCO and CCO to overestimate it. NICO offers an alternative to invasive CO measurement.
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- Monica Botero
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine and the Gainesville Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, FL, USA.
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Yung GL, Fedullo PF, Kinninger K, Johnson W, Channick RN. Comparison of impedance cardiography to direct Fick and thermodilution cardiac output determination in pulmonary arterial hypertension. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 10:7-10. [PMID: 15073478 DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-5299.2004.03406.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Cardiac output (CO) is an important diagnostic and prognostic tool for patients with ventricular dysfunction. Pulmonary hypertension patients undergo invasive right heart catheterization to determine pulmonary vascular and cardiac hemodynamics. Thermodilution (TD) and direct Fick method are the most common methods of CO determination but are costly and may be associated with complications. The latest generation of impedance cardiography (ICG) provides noninvasive estimation of CO and is now validated. The purpose of this study was to compare ICG measurement of CO to TD and direct Fick in pulmonary hypertension patients. Thirty-nine enrolled patients were analyzed: 44% were male and average age was 50.8+/-17.4 years. Results for bias and precision of cardiac index were as follows: ICG vs. Fick (-0.13 L/min/m2 and 0.46 L/min/m2), TD vs. Fick (0.10 L/min/m2 and 0.41 L/min/m2), ICG vs. TD (respectively, with a 95% level of agreement between -0.72 and 0.92 L/min/m2; CO correlation of ICG vs. Fick, TD vs. Fick, and ICG vs. TD was 0.84, 0.89, and 0.80, respectively). ICG provides an accurate, useful, and cost-effective method for determining CO in pulmonary hypertension patients, and is a potential tool for following responses to therapeutic interventions.
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- Gordon L Yung
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103-8373, USA.
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Breukers RBGE, Jansen JRC. Pulmonary artery thermodilution cardiac output vs. transpulmonary thermodilution cardiac output in two patients with intrathoracic pathology. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2004; 48:658-61. [PMID: 15101866 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00375.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In two adult patients, one with a severe hemorrhage and one with a partial anomalous pulmonary vein, cardiac output (CO) measurements were performed simultaneously by means of the bolus transpulmonary thermodilution technique (COao) and continuous pulmonary artery thermodilution method (CCOpa). In both cases, the methods revealed clinically significant different cardiac output values based upon the site of measurement and the underlying pathology. The assessment of cardiac output (CO) is considered an important part of cardiovascular monitoring of the critically ill patient. Cardiac output is most commonly determined intermittently by the bolus thermodilution technique with a pulmonary artery catheter (COpa). As continuous monitoring of CO is preferable to this intermittent technique, two major techniques have been proposed. Firstly, a nearly continuous thermodilution method (CCOpa) using a heating filament mounted on a pulmonary artery catheter (Baxter Edwards Laboratories, Irvine, CA), with a clinically acceptable accuracy compared with the intermittent bolus technique. Based on these results we assumed CCOpa equivalent to real CO during hemodynamically stable conditions, and secondly, a continuous cardiac output system based on pulse contour analysis (PCCO), such as the PiCCO system (Pulsion Medical System, Munchen, Germany). To calibrate this device, which uses a derivation of the algorithm of Wesseling and colleagues, an independently obtained value of CO by the transpulmonary thermodilution method (COao) is used. Clinical validation studies in patients without underlying intrathoracic pathology, comparing transpulmonary COao with the pulmonary technique (COpa), mostly yielded good agreement.
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- R B G E Breukers
- Department of Intensive Care, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Wagner F, Yeter R, Bisson S, Siniawski H, Hetzer R. Beneficial hemodynamic and renal effects of intravenous enalaprilat following coronary artery bypass surgery complicated by left ventricular dysfunction. Crit Care Med 2003; 31:1421-8. [PMID: 12771613 DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000063050.66813.39] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors are an effective therapy for all stages of heart failure due to reduced systolic left ventricular function. Because sufficient data on intravenous angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors following coronary artery bypass surgery complicated by postoperative left ventricular dysfunction are unavailable, the efficacy and safety of intravenously administered enalaprilat were evaluated. DESIGN A placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind protocol. SETTING Postoperative intensive care unit at the German Heart Institute Berlin. PATIENTS Forty patients with a left ventricular ejection fraction <35% following coronary artery bypass surgery on the second postoperative day or after weaning from intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation. INTERVENTIONS A loading dose of enalaprilat 0.625 mg infused over 1 hr was followed by 5 mg/24 hrs administered continuously for up to 72 hrs. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Systemic and pulmonary hemodynamic variables, blood gases, hormonal variables, renal function, and electrolytes were measured before and repeatedly during therapy. Acute effects were as follows: At 1 hr, enalaprilat increased the cardiac index (p <.001), stroke volume index (p <.001), and right ventricular stroke work index (p <.03) compared with placebo, whereas mean arterial pressure (p <.008) and both systemic (p <.001) and pulmonary (p <.02) vascular resistance decreased. Continuous effects were as follows: Over 72 hrs, enalaprilat decreased diastolic pulmonary artery pressure (p <.019), pulmonary artery occlusion pressure (p <.02), and central venous pressure (p <.02). The cardiac and stroke volume indexes were consistently higher in the enalaprilat group, whereas systemic and pulmonary vascular resistances were lower. The arterial blood-pressure lowering effect was blunted and heart rate remained unchanged. Mixed venous oxygenation (p <.02) was higher and arterial oxygenation was not modified. Finally, enalaprilat increased creatinine clearance (p <.002) and decreased creatinine (p <.02) and urea (p <.03). CONCLUSIONS Intravenous enalaprilat safely and effectively improves cardiac and renal function following coronary artery bypass surgery complicated by postoperative left ventricular dysfunction.
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Zhao X, Mashikian JS, Panzica P, Lerner A, Park KW, Comunale ME. Comparison of thermodilution bolus cardiac output and Doppler cardiac output in the early post-cardiopulmonary bypass period. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2003; 17:193-8. [PMID: 12698401 DOI: 10.1053/jcan.2003.46] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the accuracy of measuring cardiac output (CO) in the early post-cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) period by comparing thermodilution with Doppler methods. DESIGN Prospective and blinded human trial. SETTING Academic medical center. PARTICIPANTS Thirty adult patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Thermodilution CO (TCO) was obtained in triplicate. Doppler CO (DCO) in triplicate was obtained at the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT), aortic valve (AV), and right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT). CO measurements were made (1). before CPB (baseline), (2). immediately after CPB, (3).15 minutes after CPB, and (4). 30 minutes after CPB. Before CPB, the DCO at LVOT, RVOT, and AV showed good correlations (r = 0.87, r = 0.88, and r = 0.84, respectively) with TCO. Bias analysis showed no significant difference among TCO and 3 DCOs (p > 0.05 each). Correlation between DCO and TCO decreased but remained significant after CPB (r between 0.57 and 0.85, p < 0.001). The bias among TCO and each of the DCOs at the LVOT, RVOT, and AV increased immediately after CPB (p < 0.01, p < 0.01, and p < 0.05, respectively) and remained significant at 15 minutes and 30 minutes post-CPB except for DCO at the AV. TCO exceeded DCO by 0.44 to 0.72 L/min immediately after CPB. The CO measured by both thermodilution and Doppler methods gradually decreased over time post-CPB. The decrease in CO was significant at 30 minutes post-CPB (p < 0.01). CONCLUSION This study adds further support that DCO is a clinically acceptable method to accurately assess the CO in patients even during periods of uneven regional body temperatures as may occur in the early post-CPB period.
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- Xiaoqin Zhao
- Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
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Kaukinen S, Kööbi T, Bi Y, Turjanmaa VMH. Cardiac output measurement after coronary artery bypass grafting using bolus thermodilution, continuous thermodilution, and whole-body impedance cardiography. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2003; 17:199-203. [PMID: 12698402 DOI: 10.1053/jcan.2003.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To test the feasibility of continuous cardiac output (CO) monitoring with whole-body impedance cardiography after coronary artery bypass grafting and to compare the values obtained with those measured using the bolus and continuous thermodilution methods. DESIGN A prospective study. SETTING Intensive care unit in a university hospital. PATIENTS Twenty patients after coronary artery bypass grafting. INTERVENTIONS CO was measured intermittently using the bolus thermodilution method, and continuously using the continuous thermodilution method, and whole-body impedance cardiography immediately after transfer to the intensive care unit. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Bolus thermodilution CO was measured in triplicate at up to 14 time points overnight. Continuous thermodilution CO and whole-body impedance cardiography CO values were recorded simultaneously. During the study period, the bias in CO values between bolus thermodilution and whole-body impedance cardiography ranged from 0.07 to 1.05 L/min and the precision (standard deviation of differences) ranged from 0.82 to 1.31 L/min. The bias between the bolus and continuous thermodilution methods ranged from 0.06 to 0.58 L/min and the precision from 0.43 to 1.02 L/min. Pulmonary artery temperature and CO level were the major determinants of the bias and precision in both comparisons. CONCLUSIONS Agreement between whole-body impedance cardiography and bolus thermodilution is slightly inferior to that between the bolus and continuous thermodilution methods but not to the extent that it hampers the use of whole-body impedance cardiography for the continuous monitoring of CO after coronary artery bypass surgery.
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- Seppo Kaukinen
- Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
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Tzenkov IG, Peña JP. Continuous and intermittent cardiac output measurement: pulmonary artery catheter versus aortic transpulmonary technique. Br J Anaesth 2003; 90:254-5; author reply 255-7. [PMID: 12538391 DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Moise SF, Sinclair CJ, Scott DHT. Pulmonary artery blood temperature and the measurement of cardiac output by thermodilution. Anaesthesia 2002; 57:562-6. [PMID: 12010271 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2002.02513.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Thermodilution cardiac output measurement assumes that the temperature within the pulmonary artery is stable during the measurement period. This may not be achieved in clinical practice because of temperature changes that are not solely produced by the thermal indicator. Such temperature changes constitute thermal noise. Thermal noise and how it may interfere with measurement is discussed with reference to both the injectate and the thermal filament methods of thermodilution cardiac output measurement.
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- S F Moise
- Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh EH3 9YW, UK.
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Rauch H, Müller M, Fleischer F, Bauer H, Martin E, Böttiger BW. Pulse contour analysis versus thermodilution in cardiac surgery patients. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2002; 46:424-9. [PMID: 11952444 DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.460416.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have demonstrated that there is a lack of agreement between intermittent cold bolus thermodilution (ICO) and a semicontinuous method with dilution of heat (CCO) in cardiac surgical patients following hypothermic extracorporeal circulation (HCPB). Therefore, the aim of the present study was to compare both ICO and CCO with continuous pulse contour analysis (PCCO): a method based on a fundamentally different principle of determining cardiac output (CO). METHODS A prospective criterion standard study of 25 cardiac surgery patients undergoing HCPB. Cardiac output was determined using the three methods (ICO, CCO, and PCCO) before and after HCPB up to 12 h after arrival on the ICU. Bias and precision were evaluated. RESULTS A total of 380 triple determinations of CO could be analyzed. During the entire study period bias PCCO-ICO was -0.14 l*/min (precision 1.16 l*/min) and bias CCO-ICO was -0.40 l*/min (precision 1.25 l*/min). Up to 45 min after bypass PCCO agreed with ICO (bias -0.21 l*/min, precision 1.37 l*/min), while bias CCO-ICO was -1.30 l*/min (precision 1.45 l*/min). CONCLUSION The agreement between PCCO and ICO in contrast to CCO in the first 45 min after HCPB indicates that CCO underestimates CO during this period.
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- H Rauch
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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O'Malley P, Smith B, Hamlin R, Nickel J, Nakayama T, MacVicar M, Mann B. A comparison of bolus versus continuous cardiac output in an experimental model of heart failure. Crit Care Med 2000; 28:1985-90. [PMID: 10890652 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200006000-00050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The majority of studies examining cardiac output measurement have been done in physiologically stable models with low thermal background noise. Research comparing continuous cardiac output (CCO) with bolus thermodilution cardiac output (COTD) measures in human and animal models have reported high correlations, negligible bias, but large limits of agreement. The purpose of this project was to compare CCO with COTD measures in an experimental model of heart failure where the cardiac output values were low and the range was narrow. DESIGN A one-group experimental design with preintervention control measures and repeated CCO and COTD measures across nine time points. SETTING Cardiovascular research laboratory. SUBJECTS Thirty dogs. MEASURES AND MAIN RESULTS Univariate and multivariate versions of repeated-measures analysis were used to assess the influences of temperature, weight, and stage of the experimental protocol on CCO, COTD, and the differences between them. The two measures CCO and COTD were assessed for agreement by using methods proposed by Bland and Altman. Two hundred and fifty pairs of measurements were obtained during sinus rhythm. The range for COTD measures was 0.5-4.67 L/min and for CCO measures 1.0-5.40 L/min. Of the 250 cardiac outputs estimated by the continuous method, 73.4% of the values were within +/-15% of that estimated by the repetitive, single thermodilution method. The mean bias for the entire protocol was 0.01 (SD = 0.51) with a range of 4.33 L/min. CONCLUSION Agreement between the two measures may be the function of biological variability, responses to anesthesia, and technique. Bland and Altman evaluation demonstrated low bias and precision and similar levels of agreement when compared with previous studies in an experimental model where the cardiac output was low and the range was narrow.
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- P O'Malley
- Department of Veterinary Biosciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
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Zöllner C, Haller M, Weis M, Mörstedt K, Lamm P, Kilger E, Goetz AE. Beat-to-beat measurement of cardiac output by intravascular pulse contour analysis: a prospective criterion standard study in patients after cardiac surgery. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2000; 14:125-9. [PMID: 10794327 DOI: 10.1016/s1053-0770(00)90003-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the accuracy of a new pulse contour method of measuring cardiac output in critically ill patients. DESIGN A prospective criterion standard study. SETTING Cardiac surgery intensive care unit in a university hospital. PARTICIPANTS Nineteen cardiac surgery patients requiring intensive care treatment with pulmonary artery catheters after surgery. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The pulse contour cardiac output monitor uses transpulmonary bolus thermodilution measurements to calibrate the system. In each patient, the pulse contour cardiac output values were compared with conventional thermodilution. The method described by Bland and Altman and linear regression analysis were used for comparison. The mean difference (bias) +/- standard deviation of differences (precision) was 0.31 +/- 1.25 L/min for pulmonary bolus thermodilution cardiac output versus pulse contour cardiac output and 0.21 +/- 0.73 L/min for pulmonary bolus thermodilution cardiac output versus transpulmonary bolus thermodilution cardiac output. Linear regression (correlation) analyses were pulse contour cardiac output = 0.97 thermodilution + 0.53 (r = 0.88), and transpulmonary cardiac output = 0.87 thermodilution + 1.09 (r = 0.96). There was a small increase 60 minutes after recalibration but not a statistically significant difference between pulse contour cardiac output and pulmonary bolus thermodilution cardiac output (p = 0.52). CONCLUSIONS Bias and precision are acceptable, and the system provides results that agree with conventional thermodilution. This study demonstrates the clinical applicability of the pulse contour cardiac output monitoring system.
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- C Zöllner
- Department of Anesthesiology, Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, Germany
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Neto EP, Piriou V, Durand PG, Du Gres B, Lehot JJ. Comparison of two semicontinuous cardiac output pulmonary artery catheters after valvular surgery. Crit Care Med 1999; 27:2694-7. [PMID: 10628612 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199912000-00015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To compare semicontinuous cardiac output (CCO) with bolus cardiac output (BCO), in the immediate postoperative period after valvular surgery, under hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass with two CCO pulmonary artery catheters, based on the pulsed warm thermodilution technique, i.e., Opti-Q from Abbott or IntelliCath from Baxter-Edwards (Abbott and Baxter groups, respectively). DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING University hospital. PATIENTS Forty-four adult patients scheduled for mitral and/or aortic valve surgery were randomized into two groups. Tricuspid or pulmonary valvulopathy diagnosed by echocardiography was excluded. INTERVENTIONS Cardiac output was measured every 20 mins during the 3 postoperative hrs. BCO was the mean of three boluses (10 mL) of an ice-cold saline solution injected within 3 secs. CCO was the mean of two CCO values obtained in normal mode immediately before and after BCO measurements. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Two groups of 22 patients underwent 198 pairs of cardiac output measurements. The mean difference or bias was calculated as the difference between BCO and CCO, and precision was the SD of the mean bias. The limits of agreement were defined as bias +/- 2 SD. A two-sample Wilcoxon's test was used for comparison of bias and precision in sinus and non-sinus rhythm, and stable and unstable mean arterial pressure in each group and between the two pulmonary artery catheters. The coefficient of correlation was also calculated. Bias +/- precision was 0.066+/-0.526 L/min, r2 = .83, for the Abbott group, and 0.015+/-0.490 L/min, r2 = .85 (not significant), for the Baxter group. There was no significant difference within and between groups for bias and precision in sinus and non-sinus rhythm, nor in stable and unstable mean arterial pressure. CONCLUSIONS This study, during the immediate postoperative period in valvular surgery under hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass, showed a satisfactory correlation between CCO and BCO with the two systems.
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Hôpital Cardio-Vasculaire et Pneumologique Louis Pradel, Lyon, France
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Kööbi T, Kaukinen S, Turjanmaa VM. Cardiac output can be reliably measured noninvasively after coronary artery bypass grafting operation. Crit Care Med 1999; 27:2206-11. [PMID: 10548208 DOI: 10.1097/00003246-199910000-00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the reliability of whole-body impedance cardiography in the measurement of cardiac output after coronary artery bypass grafting operation in comparison with the thermodilution method. DESIGN Prospective, consecutive sampling. PATIENTS A total of 82 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery were investigated. In a group of 41 patients who were intubated, cardiac output measurements were taken simultaneously with whole-body impedance cardiography and the thermodilution method within the first 3 hrs after the operation (early intensive care unit [ICU] period). In another group of 41 patients, the measurements were taken before the operation and in the second 12 hrs after cardiac surgery (late ICU period). INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The agreement between the thermodilution and whole-body impedance cardiography cardiac output measurements was good before the operation, bias 0.04 +/- 1.64 L/min (n = 41), and in the late ICU period, bias 0.00 +/- 1.84 L/min (+/-2 SD) (n = 41). The results were within 20% in 81%-85% of the cases. The agreement was satisfactory in the early ICU period, bias 0.38 +/- 2.74 L/min (n = 41). It was presumed that thermal instability of the patients was one possible source of measurement errors in the thermodilution method, causing reduced agreement between the methods in this period. The repeatability values (rv = 2.83 x SDs) for whole-body impedance cardiography were 0.44 L/min before the operation, 0.30 L/min in the early ICU period, and 0.65 L/min in the late ICU period, being significantly better than for the thermodilution method (0.79, 0.51, and 1.11 L/min, respectively) in all phases of the investigation (p < .001). The agreement between the thermodilution method and whole-body impedance cardiography is similar to reported comparisons between invasive methods in analogous settings. CONCLUSIONS Whole-body impedance cardiography reliably measures cardiac output in patients after coronary artery bypass grafting operation. The excellent repeatability of whole-body impedance cardiography enhances the value of the method in continuous monitoring of patients after the operation.
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- T Kööbi
- Department of Clinical Physiology, Tampere University Hospital, University of Tampere, Finland
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This review deals with recent developments in non-invasive cardiac output measurement. In the past few years significant progress has been made with semi-invasive transoesophageal echocardiography; the method now provides advanced facilities to measure cardiac output and other important characteristics of cardiac function. The method is, however, operator-dependent and the equipment used is expensive, which means that large-scale use on intensive care patients is not feasible. Whole-body impedance cardiography has recently shown good accuracy and flexibility in use, and seems to be the most promising method for the non-invasive measurement of cardiac output.
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- Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, PO Box 2000, Tampere, FIN-33521, Finland.
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Cariou A, Monchi M, Dhainaut JF. Continuous cardiac output and mixed venous oxygen saturation monitoring. J Crit Care 1998; 13:198-213. [PMID: 9869547 DOI: 10.1016/s0883-9441(98)90006-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Continuous assessment of cardiac output and SVO2 in the critically ill may be helpful in both the monitoring variations in the patient's cardiovascular state and in determining the efficacy of therapy. Commercially available continuous cardiac output (CCO) monitoring systems are based on the pulsed warm thermodilution technique. In vitro validation studies have demonstrated that this method provides higher accuracy and greater resistance to thermal noise than standard bolus thermodilution techniques. Numerous clinical studies comparing bolus with continuous thermodilution techniques have shown this technique similarly accurate to track each other and to have negligible bias between them. The comparison between continuous thermal and other cardiac output methods also demonstrates good precision of the continuous thermal technique. Accuracy of continuous oximetry monitoring using reflectance oximetry via fiberoptics has been assessed both in vitro and in vivo. Most of the studies testing agreement between continuous SVO2 measurements and pulmonary arterial blood samples measured by standard oximetry have shown good correlation. Continuous SVO2 monitoring is often used in the management of critically ill patients. The most recently designed pulmonary artery catheters are now able to simultaneously measure either SVO2 and CCO or SVO2 and right ventricular ejection fraction. This ability to view simultaneous trends of SVO2 and right ventricular performance parameters will probably allow the clinician to graphically see the impact of volume loading or inotropic therapy over time, as well as the influence of multiple factors, including right ventricular dysfunction, on SVO2. However, the cost-effectiveness of new pulmonary artery catheters application remains still questionable because no established utility or therapeutic guidelines are available.
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- A Cariou
- Medical Intensive Care Unit, Cochin-Port Royal University Hospital, Paris, France
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Intra-operative evaluation of a continuous versus intermittent bolus thermodilution technique of cardiac output measurement in cardiac surgical patients. Eur J Anaesthesiol 1998. [DOI: 10.1097/00003643-199803000-00011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Rodig G, Keyl C, Liebold A, Hobbhahn J. Intra-operative evaluation of a continuous versus intermittent bolus thermodilution technique of cardiac output measurement in cardiac surgical patients. Eur J Anaesthesiol 1998. [DOI: 10.1111/j.0265-0215.1998.00276.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Lazor MA, Pierce ET, Stanley GD, Cass JL, Halpern EF, Bode RH. Evaluation of the accuracy and response time of STAT-mode continuous cardiac output. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 1997; 11:432-6. [PMID: 9187990 DOI: 10.1016/s1053-0770(97)90050-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to compare continuous cardiac output (CCO) with bolus thermodilution cardiac output (BTD) at steady state, and to compare the response time of STAT CCO with that of trend CCO, mean arterial pressure, and mixed venous oxygen saturation [SvO2] during an acute hemodynamic change. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING University hospital. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-nine patients undergoing cardiac surgery or liver transplantation. INTERVENTIONS STAT and trend CCO were compared with BTD cardiac output during steady state intraoperatively and postoperatively in the intensive care unit. Ten patients, who required epicardial pacing after cardiac surgery, were studied to compare the response time of STAT CCO with that of trend CCO, mean arterial pressure, and BvO2 after a 10% to 20% increase in pacing rate. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS A total of 108 cardiac output data sets were analyzed at steady state. Steady state was defined as stable heart rate and mean arterial pressure (+/- 5%) and stable central venous pressure (+/- 2 mmHg) measured immediately before and after each data set. Cardiac output ranged from 2.3 to 8.5 L/min. The correlation between STAT CCO and BTD was r = 0.94, and for trend CCO and BTD was r = 0.94. The bies and precision for STAT CCO versus BTD were 0.06 L/min (Cl 95%: -0.08 to 0.18) and 0.61 L/min. The bias and precision for trend CCO versus BTD were 0.06 L/min (Cl 95%: -0.04 to 0.16) and 0.49 L/min. Eleven data sets were analyzed to study response time of STAT CCO, which was defined as the first time the percent change of the mean of each variable was significantly increased from baseline. Significant increases in mean arterial pressure and SvO2 were detected after 30 seconds (2.5%, p = 0.01) and 90 seconds (2.0%, p = 0.04), respectively. A significant increase in STAT CCO was reached at 270 seconds (4.4%, p = 0.005). Trend CCO tended to increase but did not reach statistical significance within 6 minutes. CONCLUSIONS STAT and trend CCO are accurate and precise and show close agreement with BTD cardiac output at steady state. The faster algorithm of STAT CCO offers some advantage over trend CCO during an acute hemodynamic change. However, because of the averaging process for determining CCO, the response time of STAT CCO is slower than that of mean arterial pressure and SvO2.
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- M A Lazor
- Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Böttiger BW, Soder M, Rauch H, Böhrer H, Motsch J, Bauer H, Martin E. Semi-continuous versus injectate cardiac output measurement in intensive care patients after cardiac surgery. Intensive Care Med 1996; 22:312-8. [PMID: 8708168 DOI: 10.1007/bf01700452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Commercially available semi-continuous cardiac output (SCCO) monitoring systems are based on the pulsed warm thermodilution technique. There is evidence that SCCO fails to correlate with standard intermittent bolus cardiac output (ICO) in clinical situations with thermal instability in the pulmonary artery. Furthermore, ventilation may potentially influence thermodilution measurements by enhanced respiratory variations in pulmonary artery blood temperature and by cyclic changes in venous return. Therefore, we evaluated the correlation, accuracy and precision of SCCO versus ICO measurements before and after extubation. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Intensive care unit (ICU) of a university hospital. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS 22 cardiac surgical ICU patients. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS SCCO and ICO data were obtained at nine postoperative time points while the patients were on controlled mechanical ventilation. Further sets of measurements were taken during the weaning phase 20 min before extubation, and 5 min, 20 min and 1 h after extubation. SCCO and ICO measurements yielded 286 data pairs with a range of 1.8-9.9 l/min for SCCO and 1.9-9.8 l/min for ICO. The correlation between SCCO and ICO was highly significant (r = 0.92; p < 0.01), accompanied by a bias of -0.052 l/min and a precision of 0.56 l/min. Correlation, accuracy and precision were not influenced by the mode of respiration. CONCLUSIONS Our results demonstrate excellent correlation, accuracy and precision between SCCO and ICO measurements in postoperative cardiac surgical ICU patients. We conclude that SCCO monitoring offers a reliable clinical method of cardiac output monitoring in ICU patients following cardiac surgery.
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- B W Böttiger
- Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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