Thermodilution measurement of cardiac output in patients with low output: Room-temperature versus iced injectate

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 436-438

  Kiely, Maryanne ^a   Byers, Laura Ann ^a   Greenwood, Rebecca ^a   Carroll, Eda ^a   Carroll, Diane ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TEMPERATURE; THERMODILUTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TEMPERATURE; THERMODILUTION;

EID: 0032197196     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc1998.7.6.436     Document Type: Article

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