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5.2.8 - Cardiac Output Measurement and Interpreting the Derived Data

from Section 5.2 - Practical Cardiovascular System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2023

Ned Gilbert-Kawai
Affiliation:
The Royal Liverpool Hospital
Debashish Dutta
Affiliation:
Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust, Harlow
Carl Waldmann
Affiliation:
Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading
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Summary

Key Learning Points

  1. 1. Cardiac output (CO) quantification is used clinically as a surrogate for tissue oxygenation in peri-operative and critical care patient management, and may be used to avoid injudicious fluid administration.

  2. 2. Devices estimate and monitor CO using the Fick principle, Doppler frequency shift and pulse pressure analysis.

  3. 3. Devices differ by invasiveness, provision of other indices and clinical information, required expertise and limitations and potential complications. Pulmonary artery catheters still remain the gold standard, but evidence supports the accuracy of other less invasive devices.

  4. 4. Selection of device is determined by the clinical setting, patient factors and clinician expertise.

  5. 5. Because CO is estimated, rather than measured directly, trends and response to interventions are more clinically meaningful than absolute values.

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Intensive Care Medicine
The Essential Guide
, pp. 589 - 591
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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References and Further Reading

Cecconi, M, Dawson, D, Casaretti, R, Grounds, RM, Rhodes, A. A prospective study of the accuracy and precision of continuous cardiac output monitoring devices as compared to intermittent thermodilution. Minerva Anestesiol 2010;76:1010–17.Google ScholarPubMed
Reisner, A. Academic assessment of arterial pulse contour analysis: missing the forest for the trees? Br J Anaesth 2016;116:733–6.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Sandham, JD, Hull, RD, Brant, RF, et al. A randomized, controlled trial of the use of pulmonary-artery catheters in high-risk surgical patients. N Engl J Med 2003;348:514.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Vincent, JL, Pelosi, P, Pearse, R, et al. Perioperative cardiovascular monitoring of high-risk patients: a consensus of 12. Crit Care 2015;19:224.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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