Simple method for measurement of cardiac output by thermodilution after cardiac operation

Measuring cardiac output: intermittent bolus thermodilution method.

cialist in the cardiac care unit and cardiac observation unit at UCLA Medical Center and is an assistant professor of nursing at the UCLA School of Nursing, Los Angeles, Calif. by a computer and converted into a measurement of cardiac output. Cardiac output is inversely proportional to the area under the curve. The normal cardiac output curve has a rapid smooth upstroke and a gradual downstroke...

Less invasive indicators of changes in thermodilution cardiac output by ventilatory changes after cardiac surgery.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE We studied whether changes in less invasive, noncalibrated pulse-contour cardiac output (by modified ModelFlow, COmf) and derived stroke volume variations (SVV), as well as systolic and pulse pressure variations, predict changes in bolus thermodilution cardiac output (COtd), evoked by continuous and cyclic increases in intrathoracic pressure by increases in positive end...

Continuous cardiac output measurement: pulse contour analysis vs thermodilution technique in cardiac surgical patients.

We have analysed the clinical agreement between two methods of continuous cardiac output measurement pulse contour analysis (PCCO) and a continuous thermodilution technique (CCO), were both compared with the intermittent bolus thermodilution technique (BCO). Measurements were performed in 26 cardiac surgical patients (groups 1 and 2, 13 patients each, with an ejection fraction > 45% and < 45%, ...

Measurement of Cardiac Output using Bioimpedance Method

Cardiac output (CO), in conjunction with hemoglobin concentration and arterial oxygen saturation are the cornerstones of oxygen transport. Cardiac output is the functional expression of cardiovascular performance and can be used to confirm the need for, or usefulness of treatment. Determination of cardiac output is an important procedure in interventional cardiology and also used in cardiothora...

Measurement of Cardiac Output by Thermodilution with Constant Rate Injection of Indicator.