title: [Interest of prehospital use of cardiac output monitoring with partial CO2 rebreathing technique: a case report].
abstract: We report the case of a 68-year-old man with severe hypoxemic pneumopathy having cardiac output monitoring with the NICO system in prehospital medicine. This monitoring permitted the diagnosis of a compressive pneumothorax during the transfer to the intensive care unit. This ease of use technique based on partial carbon dioxide rebreathing, allows non-invasive, continuous and reliable cardiac output monitoring. We discuss the interest of this device in prehospital medicine.
authors.affiliation: Département d'anesthésie et de réanimation, CHU Purpan, 31059 Toulouse cedex, France. roland.amathieu@smbh.univ-paris13.fr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Amathieu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Minville
authors.forename: M-P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Poloujadoff
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Adnet
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Smail
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology*; D003422:Critical Care; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide