Journal
ANAESTHESIA
Volume 65, Issue 11, Pages 1119-1125Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2010.06511.x
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- Dutch Heart Foundation [NHS 1999B182]
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P>Pulse contour methods determine cardiac output semi-invasively using standard arterial access. This study assessed whether cardiac output can be determined non-invasively by replacing the intra-arterial pressure input with a non-invasive finger arterial pressure input in two methods, Nexfin CO-trek (R) and Modelflow (R), in 25 awake patients after coronary artery bypass surgery. Pulmonary artery thermodilution cardiac output served as a reference. In the supine position, the mean (SD) differences between thermodilution cardiac output and Nexfin CO-trek were 0.22 (0.77) and 0.44 (0.81) l.min-1, for intra-arterial and non-invasive pressures, respectively. For Modelflow, these differences were 0.70 (1.08) and 1.80 (1.59) l.min-1, respectively. Similarly, in the sitting position, differences between thermodilution cardiac output and Nexfin CO-trek were 0.16 (0.78) and 0.34 (0.83), for intra-arterial and non-invasive arterial pressure, respectively. For Modelflow, these differences were 0.58 (1.11) and 1.52 (1.54) l.min-1, respectively. Thus, Nexfin CO-trek readings were not different from thermodilution cardiac output, for both invasive and non-invasive inputs. However, Modelflow readings differed greatly from thermodilution when using non-invasive arterial pressure input.
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