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Invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring and Pulse Contour Analysis

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Pulmonary Artery Catheter (PAC)<br />

• Used as a gold st<strong>and</strong>ard therefore all other<br />

methods are compared to this.<br />

• Uses different methods for calculating CO<br />

• Thermodilution has been most commonly<br />

used to measure cardiac output in the adult<br />

population.

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