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01-02-2011 | Poster presentation
Pressure recording analytical method for cardiac output monitoring in children with congenital heart disease
Author:
Z Ricci
Published in:
Critical Care
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Special Issue 1/2011
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Excerpt
The Swan-Ganz catheter cannot be considered the gold standard in the pediatric setting for cardiac output (CO) monitoring, due to the unavailability of pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) of adequate size for children of all ages and weights and due to peculiar cardiovascular anatomies of some children with congenital heart disease (CHD). The pressure recording analytical method (PRAM) is designed for arterial pressure-derived continuous CO measurement and it does not need any starting calibration, central venous catheterization, or adjustments based on experimental data. The aim of this study was to validate PRAM in a cohort of children with CHD. …