Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Aug 1995
Comparative StudyContinuous thermodilution cardiac output: agreement with Fick and bolus thermodilution methods.
Cardiac outputs were determined with continuous thermodilution, bolus thermodilution, and the Fick method during pharmacologically varied hemodynamics. ⋯ Automatic cardiac output computed with continuous thermodilution appears accurate and reliable. Also, good agreement was confirmed between cardiac output derived by continuous and bolus thermodilution methods and bolus thermodilution and Fick methods.