Post Cardiac Surgery Patients Clinical Trial
Official title:
Measurement of Cardiac Output and Blood Volumes Using Transonic Ultrasound Dilution Technology - Clinical Evaluation and Validation
Measurement of the amount of blood pumped by the heart (cardiac output) and blood volumes in
sick patients is important for doctors to better treat these patients. Current procedures
available demand difficult invasive procedures and hence these parameters are not measured
with enough frequency and are also limited to certain patients. The new COstatus system is
capable of using the already existing arterial and venous lines placed in critically ill
patients and thus provides an opportunity to measure these parameters less invasively and
with enough frequency.
The purpose of this study is to measure cardiac output and blood volumes using ultrasound
dilution technology (COstatus system)in post cardiac surgery adult patients and compare the
cardiac output measurements with a current clinical reference method, thermodilution.
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Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective