La Clinica terapeutica
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La Clinica terapeutica · May 2018
Comparative StudyContinuous non-invasive measurement of stroke volume and cardiac index in infants and children: comparison of Impedance Cardiography NICaS® vs CardioQ® method.
Non-invasive measurement of cardiac output (CO) and cardiac index (CI) may become an important modality of moni- toring in pediatrics. Among the several methods proposed, impedance cardiography (ICG) has gained attention among the scientists. There are 2 basic technologies of ICG: thoracic body bioimpedance (TEB) and whole body electrical bioimpedance (WBEB). ⋯ Good correlation was observed in pediatric patients for CI measured with NICaS® in comparison with CardioQ® device. Continuous non-invasive monitoring of NI-CI can be particularly in- teresting for the pediatric population.