PMID- 3956218
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19860507
LR  - 20190706
IS  - 0090-3493 (Print)
IS  - 0090-3493 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 4
DP  - 1986 Apr
TI  - Comparison between ultrasonic and thermodilution cardiac output measurements in 
      intensive care patients.
PG  - 294-7
AB  - The reliability of ultrasonic cardiac output measurement was assessed using a 
      commercial device that combines A-mode aortic root diameter determination and 
      continuous wave (CW) Doppler flow velocity measurement in the ascending aorta. We 
      compared this method with thermodilution (TD) cardiac output in 41 intensive care 
      patients. Aortic root diameter measurement with A-mode was not possible in four 
      (10%) patients. Using strictly defined criteria based upon our initial 
      experience, we could not obtain acceptable CW Doppler flow signals in nine (22%) 
      patients. Thus, ultrasonic cardiac output measurement was possible in 28 (68%) 
      patients in whom there was an excellent correlation with cardiac output (r = 
      0.97; p less than .001). This study demonstrates that the transcutaneous CW 
      Doppler method for measuring cardiac output is accurate and reliable in a limited 
      percentage of ICU patients. Combining the CW Doppler with B-mode echocardiogram 
      increases the applicability when an A-mode measurement is not possible.
FAU - Vandenbogaerde, J F
AU  - Vandenbogaerde JF
FAU - Scheldewaert, R G
AU  - Scheldewaert RG
FAU - Rijckaert, D L
AU  - Rijckaert DL
FAU - Clement, D L
AU  - Clement DL
FAU - Colardyn, F A
AU  - Colardyn FA
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Crit Care Med
JT  - Critical care medicine
JID - 0355501
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - *Cardiac Output
MH  - Echocardiography
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Intensive Care Units
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Thermodilution
MH  - Ultrasonics/*methods
EDAT- 1986/04/01 00:00
MHDA- 1986/04/01 00:01
CRDT- 1986/04/01 00:00
PHST- 1986/04/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1986/04/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1986/04/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1097/00003246-198604000-00010 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Crit Care Med. 1986 Apr;14(4):294-7. doi: 10.1097/00003246-198604000-00010.