Con: the FloTrac device should not be used to follow cardiac output in cardiac surgical patients.
Singh
Saket
S
Department of Anesthesiology, The Western Pennsylvania Hospital, Temple University School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15224, USA. ssingh@wpahs.org
Taylor
Mark A
MA
D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D013815:Thermodilution / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends