Cardiac output monitoring in newborns.
There is an increased interest in methods of objective cardiac output measurement in critically ill patients. Several techniques are available for measurement of cardiac output in children, although this remains very complex in newborns. Cardiac output monitoring could provide essential information to guide hemodynamic management. An overview is given of various methods of cardiac output monitoring with advantages and major limitations of each technology together with a short explanation of the basic principles.
de Boode
Willem-Pieter
WP
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of Neonatology, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. W.deBoode@cukz.umcn.nl
D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology*; D017097:Electric Impedance; D006801:Humans; D007201:Indicator Dilution Techniques; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler