title: [Clinical experiences with a new reusable pressure transducer].
abstract: Invasive blood pressure monitoring is increasing in anesthesia and intensive care. Compared to noninvasive methods, it has some decisive advantages: (1) blood pressure trends can be assessed beat by beat, which is important especially in situations of cardiac arrhythmia; (2) respiratory changes in blood pressure as one sign of hypovolemia can be detected easily; and (3) pressure changes induced by the autonomic nervous system become apparent. We studied a new, reusable pressure transducer system, the Medex Novatrans-MX800 in routine intra- and postoperative monitoring of patients undergoing cardiac surgery using the following criteria: (1) handling; (2) accuracy of measurement; (3) durability; and (4) costs. The system is easy to use and has a low susceptability to breakdown. In 29 of 31 transducers tested, the error of measurement over a range of 0-150 mmHg was less than 2% as reported by the manufacturer. Two transducers showed errors of measurement over 5% after 60 times of reuse. The mean reusability rate until the transducer became defective was 75.8 +/- 17.3 in the operating room (19 transducers tested) and 59.7 +/- 29 in the intensive care unit (12 transducers tested, 11 still in use). A comparison of costs shows that the Novatrans-MX800 system is the cheapest system for invasive pressure monitoring available at this time.
authors: Klinik für Anaesthesiologie, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Brandt
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Dick
mesh_terms: D001795:Blood Pressure Determination / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D003201:Computers; D004209:Disposable Equipment; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D014159:Transducers; D014160:Transducers, Pressure
vernacular_title: Klinische Erfahrungen mit einem neuen mehrfach wiederverwendbaren Druckaufnehmer.