Open AccessCardiac Output Measurement in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation: Pulmonary Artery Catheter Versus Uncalibrated Arterial Pressure Waveform Analysis
Author(s) -
M. Biais,
Nouette-Gaulain Karine,
Vincent Cottenceau,
Vallet Alain,
Cochard Jean Francois,
Philippe Revel,
F. Sztark
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e318168b309
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary artery catheter , liver transplantation , vascular resistance , cardiac output , pulmonary artery , hemodynamics , transplantation , cardiology , intensive care unit , anesthesia , surgery
Cardiac output (CO) and invasive hemodynamic measurements are useful during liver transplantation. The pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) is commonly used for these patients, despite the potential complications. Recently, a less invasive device (Vigileo/FloTrac) became available, which estimates CO using arterial pressure waveform analysis without external calibration. In this study, we compared CO obtained with a PAC using automatic thermodilution, instantaneous CO stat-mode (ICO(SM)), and CO obtained with the new device, arterial pressure waveform analysis (APCO) in patients undergoing liver transplantation.