Evaluation of Cardiac Index and Extravascular Lung Water After Single-Lung Transplantation Using the Transpulmonary Thermodilution Technique by the PiCCO2 Device

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8617656	Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia	2018	5 Pages	PDF

Abstract

PiCCO2 device systematically overestimated cardiac index compared with pulmonary artery catheter. However, it might be useful to assess pulmonary edema in acute respiratory failure after single-lung transplantation.

Keywords

Thermodilution Extravascular lung water index Cardiac output Lung transplantation PiCCO

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Evaluation of Cardiac Index and Extravascular Lung Water After Single-Lung Transplantation Using the Transpulmonary Thermodilution Technique by the PiCCO2 Device

Authors

Alexy MD, PhD, Pascal MD, Guillaume MD, Sigismond MD, PhD, Nicolas MD, Gabriel MD, PhD, Yves MD, PhD, Philippe MD, PhD, Mathieu MD, PhD,