Comparison between cardiac output values measured by thermodilution and partial carbon dioxide rebreathing in patients with acute lung injury

CONTEXT: Thermodilution, which is considered to be a standard technique for measuring the cardiac output in critically ill patients, is not free from relevant risks. There is a need to find alternative, noninvasive, automatic, simple and accurate methods for monitoring cardiac output at the bedside....

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Main Authors: Jorge Luís dos Santos Valiatti, José Luiz Gomes do Amaral
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802004000600002&lng=en&tlng=en