The PiCCO monitor: A review

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 393-409

  Liton, E ^a,b   Morgan, M ^a,c,d  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac output; Haemodynamic; Monitoring; PiCCO monitor

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VOLUME; CARDIOVASCULAR EQUIPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INDEX; HEART OUTPUT; HEART OUTPUT MEASUREMENT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VOLUME; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT BOLUS TRANSCARDIOPULMONARY THERMODILUTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PULSE INDEX CONTINUOUS CARDIAC OUTPUT MONITOR; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; THERMODILUTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENOUS OXYGEN TENSION;

EID: 84861549357     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: 14480271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x1204000304     Document Type: Review

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