Nature

CARDIAC OUTPUT DETERMINATION IN CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN: PULSE DOPPLER vs THERMODILUTION TECHNIQUES

To determine the usefulness of the noninvasive pulsed Doppler in critically ill children, we calculated cardiac output by using this technique and compared the results with values obtained by the ...
Nature

215 Cardiac Output Monitoring: Experimental Study in An Infant Shock Animal Model Comparing Pulmonary Arterial Thermodilution, Femoral Arterial Thermodilution and Bioreactance

Introduction: Bioreactance, is a new non-invasive for cardiac output measurement (NICOM). We compared NICOM bioreactance to pulmonary and femoral thermodilution (PATD and FATD) in an infant shock ...
WebMD

What is Placement of Swan-Ganz Catheter?

The placement of a Swan-Ganz catheter allows specialists to diagnose or test for major heart issues without requiring you to undergo major surgery. Usually, it’s a diagnostic tool for people in ...
Medscape

"The end of an era": Jeremy (HJC) Swan dead at 82

Pasadena, CA - Dr Jeremy (HJC) Swan died on Monday, February 7 at the age of 82. He was best known for being the coinventor of the pulmonary artery balloon catheter universally known as the Swan-Ganz ...