Arterial pressure-based cardiac output in septic patients different accuracy of pulse contour and uncalibrated pressure waveform devices.docVIP

Monnet et al. Critical Care 2010, 14:R109 /content/14/3/R109 RESEARCH Open Access Arterial pressure-based cardiac output in septic Research patients: different accuracy of pulse contour and uncalibrated pressure waveform devices Xavier Monnet*1,2, Nadia Anguel1,2, Brice Naudin1,2, Julien Jabot1,2, Christian Richard1,2 and Jean-Louis Teboul1,2 Abstract Introduction: We compared the ability of two devices estimating cardiac output from arterial pressure-curve analysis to track the changes in cardiac output measured with transpulmonary thermodilution induced by volume expansion and norepinep