Pressure to perform: Is cardiac output estimation from arterial waveforms good enough for routine use?

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 337-338

  Gardner, Reed M ^a   Beale, Richard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac output; Comparison of cardiac output methods; Pulse contour; Signal quality; Thermodilution

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ARTERIAL PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CIRCULATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EDITORIAL; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PERFUSION; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY CATHETER; PULSE PRESSURE; SHOCK; WAVEFORM; HEART FUNCTION TEST; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS;

EID: 59649129889     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181935189     Document Type: Editorial

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