title: Room-temperature thermodilution cardiac output: proximal injectate lumen vs proximal infusion lumen.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the accuracy of room-temperature thermodilution cardiac output measurements from the venous infusion port.
  
  
  METHODS
  Central venous port cardiac output measurements were compared with venous infusion port measurements in 48 right-heart catheters.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three 10-mL injections of 5% dextrose in water were made through each port. The order of port injection was random.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cardiac outputs were 5.8 +/- 1.8 L/min from both ports, with no difference between ports (paired t test).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Room-temperature thermodilution cardiac output determinations from the venous infusion port can be used in place of central venous port cardiac outputs if the central venous port becomes nonfunctional.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Albert Einstein University at Montefiore Hospital, Bronx, NY.
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Pesola
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ayala
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Plante
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011897:Random Allocation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013696:Temperature; D013815:Thermodilution / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D005947:Glucose