Comparison of cardiac output measurements in critically ill patients: Flotrac/Vigileo vs transthoracic Doppler echocardiography

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 590-598

  Mclean, A S ^a   Huang, S J ^a   Kot, M ^a   Rajamani, A ^a   Hoyling, L ^a  

^a NEPEAN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arterial pressure waveform derived cardiac output; Cardiac output; Doppler echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT MEASUREMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEPTIC SHOCK; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79960454563     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1103900409     Document Type: Article

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