Why the study?
Does uncalibrated arterial pressure waveform analysis (APCO) provide comparable cardiac output measurements to pulmonary artery catheter thermodilution in patients undergoing liver transplantation?
Population
20 sedated and mechanically ventilated patients undergoing liver transplantation.
Comparison
Cardiac output measurement using uncalibrated… vs Cardiac output measurement using pulmonary…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Intraoperative and postoperative period in the intensive…
Authors
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APCO shows poor agreement with thermodilution in liver transplant; leaves open reliability in low-SVR states.
Does uncalibrated arterial pressure waveform analysis (APCO) provide comparable cardiac output measurements to pulmonary artery catheter thermodilution in patients undergoing liver transplantation?
Uncalibrated arterial pressure waveform analysis does not agree well with pulmonary artery catheter thermodilution for cardiac output monitoring during liver transplantation, particularly in patients with low systemic vascular resistance.
Matthieu et al. (2008) studied this question.
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