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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 2/2008

01-02-2008 | Original

Continuous and intermittent cardiac output measurement in hyperdynamic conditions: pulmonary artery catheter vs. lithium dilution technique

Authors: Maria Gabriella Costa, Giorgio Della Rocca, Paolo Chiarandini, Silvia Mattelig, Livia Pompei, Mauricio Sainz Barriga, Toby Reynolds, Maurizio Cecconi, Paolo Pietropaoli

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 2/2008

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Abstract

Objective

This study aimed to assess the level of agreement of both intermittent cardiac output monitoring by the lithium dilution technique (COLi) and continuous cardiac output monitoring (PulseCOLi) using the arterial pressure waveform with intermittent thermodilution using a pulmonary artery catheter (COPAC).

Design

Prospective, single-center evaluation.

Setting

University Hospital Intensive Care Unit.

Patients

Patients (n = 23) receiving liver transplantation.

Intervention

Pulmonary artery catheters were placed in all patients and COPAC was determined using thermodilution. COLi and PulseCOLi measurements were made using the LiDCO system.

Measurements and main results

Data were collected after intensive care unit admission and every 8 h until the 48th hour. A total of 151 COPAC, COLi and PulseCOLi measurements were analysed. Bias and 95% limit of agreement were 0.11 lmin–1 and –1.84 to + 2.05 lmin–1 for COPAC vs. COLi (r = 0.88) resulting in an overall percentage error of 15.6%. Bias and 95% limit of agreement for COPAC vs. PulseCOLi were 0.29 lmin–1 and –1.87 to + 2.46 lmin–1 (r = 0.85) with a percentage error of 16.8%. Subgroup analysis revealed a percentage error of 15.7% for COPAC vs. COLi and 15.1% for COPAC vs. PulseCOLi for data pairs less than 8 lmin–1, and percentage errors of 15.5% and 18.5% respectively for data pairs higher than 8 lmin–1.

Conclusion

In patients with hyperdynamic circulation, intermittent and continuous CO values determined using the LiDCO system showed good agreement with those obtained by intermittent pulmonary artery thermodilution.
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Metadata
Title
Continuous and intermittent cardiac output measurement in hyperdynamic conditions: pulmonary artery catheter vs. lithium dilution technique
Authors
Maria Gabriella Costa
Giorgio Della Rocca
Paolo Chiarandini
Silvia Mattelig
Livia Pompei
Mauricio Sainz Barriga
Toby Reynolds
Maurizio Cecconi
Paolo Pietropaoli
Publication date
01-02-2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 2/2008
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-007-0878-6

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