Key result
Neither skin temperature nor limb blood flow correlated significantly with invasive cardiac index across all time points in the immediate postoperative period following CABG.
Why the study?
Do skin temperature and limb blood flow correlate with invasive cardiac index in patients immediately following CABG?
Population
21 subjects undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
Comparison
Noninvasive measurement of skin temperature and… vs Invasive thermodilution cardiac index via…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
8 hours (measured every 2 hours)
Authors
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Skin temperature and limb blood flow are not reliable surrogates for cardiac index post-CABG; this cohort study leaves open the identification of better noninvasive predictors.
Observational (n=21)
Do skin temperature and limb blood flow correlate with invasive cardiac index in patients immediately following CABG?
Skin temperature and limb blood flow cannot be used as reliable noninvasive predictors of cardiac index in the immediate postoperative period following CABG.
Sommers et al. (1995) conducted an observational in Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) (n=21). Skin temperature and limb blood flow measurement vs. Invasive thermodilution cardiac index was evaluated on Correlation with invasive cardiac index. Neither skin temperature nor limb blood flow correlated significantly with invasive cardiac index across all time points in the immediate postoperative period following CABG.
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