title: Pulse contour analysis: is it able to reliably detect changes in cardiac output in the haemodynamically unstable patient?
abstract: Three pulse contour systems for monitoring cardiac output - LiDCO Plus™, PiCCO Plus™ and FloTrac™ - were compared in postcardiac surgery patients. None of the three methods demonstrated good trending ability according to concordance analysis. Pulse contour systems remain unreliable in the haemodynamically unstable patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, SAR, China. hcritchley@cuhk.edu.hk
authors.forename: Lester A H
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Critchley
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000592:standards*; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology*; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000502:physiology*