What technique should I use to measure cardiac output?

Current Opinion in Critical Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 308-317

  Hofer, Christoph K ^a   Ganter, Michael T ^b   Zollinger, Andreas ^a  

^a TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac output measurement; Hemodynamic monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AORTA; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARBON DIOXIDE BREATHING; DENSITOMETRY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART OUTPUT; HEART OUTPUT MEASUREMENT; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE CARDIOGRAPHY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; PULSE WAVE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CARDIAC OUTPUT; CATHETERIZATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PULMONARY ARTERY; THERMODILUTION;

EID: 34249089562     PISSN: 10705295     EISSN: 15317072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCC.0b013e3280c56afb     Document Type: Review

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