title: [Monitoring of right ventricular ejection fraction with a modified pulmonary artery catheter].
abstract: The thermodilution method for measuring right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEFTD) is described. The reproducibility of RVEFTD measurements was determined in 48 critically ill patients who all needed pharmacological inotropic support and mechanical ventilation. A coefficient of variance of 12.6% on RVEFTD determinations was found. In 46 of 48 patients (96%), the catheter did not need repositioning.
authors.affiliation: Odense Sygehus, anaestesiologisk-intensiv afdeling V.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thøgersen
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011651:Pulmonary Artery; D013815:Thermodilution / Q000379:methods*; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right
vernacular_title: Monitorering af højre ventrikels uddrivningsfraktion med et modificeret arteria pulmonalis kateter.