Why the study?
Does continuous thermodilution using a PA catheter agree with bolus thermodilution for measuring cardiac output in adult liver transplant patients?
Population
14 adult liver transplant patients
Comparison
Continuous thermodilution using a pulmonary… vs Bolus thermodilution taken every 30 min and…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
intraoperative
Authors
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May warrant caution with continuous thermodilution at high fluid rates in liver transplant; leaves open validation needs in high-flow states.
Does continuous thermodilution using a PA catheter agree with bolus thermodilution for measuring cardiac output in adult liver transplant patients?
Continuous thermodilution using a thermal filament PA catheter correlates well with bolus thermodilution during liver transplantation but loses accuracy at high intravenous fluid infusion rates.
Greim et al. (1997) studied this question.
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