1.AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, service de réanimation médicale, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, F-94270 France;2.Univ Paris-Sud, Faculté de médecine Paris-Sud, EA 4046, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, F-94270 France
Abstract:
Introduction
We wanted to determine the number of cold bolus injections that are necessary for achieving an acceptable level of precision for measuring cardiac index (CI), indexed global end-diastolic volume (GEDVi) and indexed extravascular lung water (EVLWi) by transpulmonary thermodilution.