Why the study?
Are minimally invasive cardiac output measurement techniques as accurate and reliable as pulmonary artery catheters in critically ill and high-risk surgical patients?
Population
Critically ill patients and patients undergoing certain high-risk surgeries
Comparison
Minimally invasive techniques for cardiac output… vs Pulmonary artery catheter continuous and…
Design
Review
Authors
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May support minimally invasive monitors for fluid responsiveness in stable patients; leaves open accuracy versus pulmonary artery catheter during instability.
Are minimally invasive cardiac output measurement techniques as accurate and reliable as pulmonary artery catheters in critically ill and high-risk surgical patients?
While minimally invasive cardiac output monitors offer benefits like predicting fluid responsiveness, the pulmonary artery catheter remains the gold standard due to superior accuracy during hemodynamic instability.
Lee et al. (2011) studied this question.
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