Abstract

MEJIA RUIZ, Elena; ROMAN SIMON, Viviana; MONTELONGO, Felipe de Jesús  and  CARMONA DOMINGUEZ, Aurea. Comparison of cardiac output measured through the systolic volume in two-dimensional mode versus continuity equation in intensive care patients of the General Hospital «Las Américas». Med. crít. (Col. Mex. Med. Crít.) [online]. 2019, vol.33, n.1, pp.26-32.  Epub Dec 04, 2020. ISSN 2448-8909.

The echocardiography performed by non-radiological specialists is a tool that contributes to the diagnosis and monitoring of critical patients, as well as being an inexpensive, accurate, non-invasive tool that can be performed at the patient’s bedside. The measurement of cardiac output refers to the amount of blood sold from the ventricles of the heart to the major or minor circulation in the field of critical medicine is a very important measure to verify the diagnosis and the state of the shock syndrome and if it is used to guide the management of patients, our study compared the measurement of cardiac output through systolic volume in two-dimensional mode versus the continuity equation.

Keywords : Systolic volume; two-dimensional mode; Simpson’s method; continuity equation; cardiac output.