Need for cardiac output monitoring in elderly trauma patients determined by base deficit

Association of base deficit with mortality in pediatric trauma

 Objective: To evaluate the association of base deficit (BD) with mortality in traumatized children, and to assess this association in a subgroup of patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).   Methods: In this cross-sectional study performed prospectively on a convenience sample of patients under 16 years of age with trauma presenting to an academic lev...

Minimally invasive cardiac output monitoring: what evidence do we need?

Minimally invasive cardiac output monitoring is a hot topic. Recent articles have been published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia and elsewhere attesting to its safety, questioning its validity, and using minimally invasive monitoring in clinical trials. Studies have demonstrated that less-invasive cardiac output monitoring combined with a goal-directed fluid administration protocol is ass...

A System for Continuous Estimating and Monitoring Cardiac Output via Arterial Waveform Analysis

Background: Cardiac output (CO) is the total volume of blood pumped by the heart per minute and is a function of heart rate and stroke volume. CO is one of the most important parameters for monitoring cardiac function, estimating global oxygen delivery and understanding the causes of high blood pressure. Hence, measuring CO has always been a matter of interest to researchers and clinicians. Sev...

Cardiac Output Monitoring

Trauma-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Elderly Patients

Objectives: The purpose of this multi-center study was to investigate the probable predictive factors of mortality and morbidity in elderlypopulation. Methods & Materials: The descriptive prospective study was conducted based on the data gathered from trauma cases older than 65 years admitted to Sina, Shohada and Fayaz-Bakhsh trauma centers during years 1997-98. A pre-prepared questionnaire ...