Assessment of portable continuous wave Doppler ultrasound (ultrasonic cardiac output monitor) for cardiac output measurements in neonates

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 45, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 464-468

  Meyer, Sascha ^a,b   Todd, David ^a,b   Shadboldt, Bruce ^b  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Canberra Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiac output; Invasive; Neonates; Non invasive; Pulmonary artery catheter; Ultrasonic cardiac output monitoring USCOM

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART OUTPUT MEASUREMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AORTA; CARDIAC OUTPUT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY ARTERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 68749101146     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01535.x     Document Type: Article

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