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Cardiac output monitoring devices: an analytic review

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To evaluate cardiac output (CO), both invasive and semi-invasive monitors are used in critical care medicine. The pulmonary artery catheter is an invasive tool to assess CO with the major criticism that the level of its invasiveness is not supported by an improvement in patients’ outcomes. The interest in a lesser invasive techniques is high. Therefore, alternative techniques have been developed recently, and are used frequently in critical care medicine. Cardiac output can be monitored continuously by different devices that analyze the stroke volume and CO. The purpose of this review is to understand these new technologies and their applications and limitations.

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, VA Western New York Healthcare System, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Rm 203C, 3495 Bailey Ave, Buffalo, NY, 14215, USA

    Jahan Porhomayon

  2. Division of Pulmonary, Department of Medicine, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, VA Western New York Healthcare System, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Ali El-Solh

  3. Critical Care Medicine and Trauma Intensive Care Unit, Division of Anesthesiology-Critical Care Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA

    Peter Papadakos

  4. Department of Anesthesiology, VA Western New York Healthcare System, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Nader Djalal Nader

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Porhomayon, J., El-Solh, A., Papadakos, P. et al. Cardiac output monitoring devices: an analytic review. Intern Emerg Med 7, 163–171 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-011-0738-9

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