thermodilution calculates cardiac output
- related: Cardiology and Hemodynamics
- tags: #literature #cardiology
- While Fick is gold standard for CO assessment, in ICU thermodilution is usually used
- thermodilution can be done with either pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) or other less invasive techniques
- thermodilution uses room temperature or cold saline with assessment of temperature as the fluid passes by the catheter.
- In low cardiac output state, larger area under neath curve
- high cardiac output: smaller area
- less invasive techniques