title: [Circulation monitoring of critically ill patients with the Pulse Contour Cardiac Output system].
abstract: The Pulse Contour Cardiac Output (PiCCO) monitoring system measures cardiac output with high precision and accuracy. The system may replace the pulmonary artery catheter in most critically ill patients because the rate of serious complications may be lower. Whether the use of dynamic or static fluid monitoring by PiCCO will result in better outcomes should be assessed by studies using clinically relevant end points.
authors.affiliation: H:S Rigshospitalet, Juliane Marie Centret, Anaestesiologisk Klinik 4013 og Intensiv Terapi Klinik 4131, København Ø. arriba_a@yahoo.dk
authors.forename: Arash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Afshari
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perner
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bonde
mesh_terms: D001775:Blood Circulation / Q000502:physiology*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology*; D002306:Cardiac Volume / Q000502:physiology; D016638:Critical Illness; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011674:Pulse; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology