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[Monitoring of right ventricular ejection fraction with a modified pulmonary artery catheter]
P J Jensen1, P K Andersen, C Thøgersen
1Odense Sygehus, anaestesiologisk-intensiv afdeling V.
Ugeskrift for Laeger
|May 17, 1993
Abstract:
The thermodilution method for measuring right ventricular ejection fraction (RVEFTD) is described. The reproducibility of RVEFTD measurements was determined in 48 critically ill patients who all needed pharmacological inotropic support and mechanical ventilation. A coefficient of variance of 12.6% on RVEFTD determinations was found. In 46 of 48 patients (96%), the catheter did not need repositioning.