title: Decreased cardiac output: validation with postoperative heart surgery patients.
abstract: This study was done to analyze the association between defining characteristics of decreased cardiac output (DCO) identified by noninvasive methods and the cardiac index (CI) estimated by thermodilution. Two defining characteristics were associated with DCO: decreased peripheral pulse and decreased peripheral perfusion. This study points out the relevance of peripheral circulation assessment in postoperative cardiac surgery patients.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Estadual de Maringa, Parana, Brazil. key@maringa.com.br
authors.forename: Ana Paula Vilcinsky
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Oliva
authors.forename: Diná de Almeida Lopes
authors.initials: Dde A
authors.lastname: Monteiro da Cruz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001775:Blood Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology*; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011674:Pulse; D013815:Thermodilution