Thermodilution cardiac output: Cold vs. room temperature injectate and the importance of measuring the injectate temperature in the right atrium

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1103-1110

  Berthelsen, P G ^a   Eldrup, N ^a   Nilsson, L B ^a   Rasmussen, J P ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiac output; Cold injectate; Dualtherm; Iced injectate; Indicator dilution technique; Pulmonary artery catheterization; Room temperature injectate; Thermodilution cardiac output

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMODILUTION;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETERIZATION, SWAN-GANZ; COLD; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE; THERMODILUTION;

EID: 0036785350     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2002.460908.x     Document Type: Article

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