British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2001, Vol. 86, No. 4 486-496
© 2001 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia
Estimation of changes in cardiac output from the arterial blood pressure waveform in the upper limb
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The Rayne Institute, St Thomas Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK*Corresponding author
Conflict of interest: LiDCO Ltd provided the equipment used for this research. One of the authors (R.L.) is a consultant to this company. N.L. is a research fellow and receives a salary from LiDCO Ltd.
This article is accompanied by Editorial II.
We have developed a new pulse contour cardiac output (PulseCO) algorithm based on frequency analysis studies of the arterial system. PulseCO was compared with thermodilution cardiac output (TDCO) in 10 patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Results from one patient were unsuitable for analysis. In the remaining nine patients, 142 TDCO determinations were compared with PulseCO after logarithmic transformation and after being normalized by the initial cardiac output in each patient. Each determination was usually the average of three measurements. Least squares regression gave y=0.77x (r2=0.81) and the limits of agreement were from 26% to +21%. The accuracy of PulseCO in determining short-term changes in cardiac output was assessed by comparing the ratios of consecutive PulseCO determinations with the ratios of the corresponding, consecutive TDCO determinations. Least squares regression gave y=0.71x (r2=0.70) and the limits of agreement were from 21% to +25%. After phenylephrine had been given to five patients, PulseCO showed an increase in systemic vascular resistance consistent with the known pharmacological actions of the drug. The PulseCO algorithm was incorporated into a computer program that acquires arterial pressure data from an analogue-to-digital converter and displays beat-to-beat trend values.
Br J Anaesth 2001; 86: 48696
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