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SUBMITTER: Hodgson LE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5606393 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hodgson Luke E LE Forni Lui G LG Venn Richard R Samuels Theophilus L TL Wakeling Howard G HG
Journal of the Intensive Care Society 20151014 2
<h4>Background</h4>Perioperative interventions, targeted to increase global blood flow defined by explicit measured goals, reduce postoperative complications. Consequently, reliable non-invasive estimation of the cardiac output could have far-reaching benefit.<h4>Methods</h4>This study compared a non-invasive Doppler device - the ultrasonic cardiac output monitor (USCOM) - with the oesophageal Doppler monitor (ODM), on 25 patients during major abdominal surgery. Stroke volume was determined by U ...[more]