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Published in: Critical Care 1/2011

Open Access 01-02-2011 | Poster presentation

National survey of the use of cardiac output monitoring tool in general adult ICUs in the United Kingdom

Authors: O Couppis, S Saha, E Makings

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2011

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Haemodynamic monitoring is essential for the management of critically ill patients. Currently there are various techniques available in clinical practice to measure cardiac output (CO) in ICUs including pulmonary artery catheter (PAC), oesophageal Doppler, lithium dilution cardiac output (LiDCO) and pulse-induced contour cardiac output (PiCCO) studies. In recent times PAC has been used less with less invasive methods becoming more popular. We conducted a telephone survey of the current CO monitoring practices in adult ICUs in the United Kingdom. …
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Esdaile B, Raobaikady R: Survey of cardiac output monitoring in intensive care units in England and Wales. Crit Care 2005,9(Suppl 1):P68. 10.1186/cc3131PubMedCentralCrossRef
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Title
National survey of the use of cardiac output monitoring tool in general adult ICUs in the United Kingdom
Authors
O Couppis
S Saha
E Makings
Publication date
01-02-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc9452

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