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Clinical validation of a new thermodilution system for the assessment of cardiac output and volumetric parameters

Nicholas Kiefer1*, Christoph K Hofer2, Gernot Marx3, Martin Geisen2, Raphaël Giraud4, Nils Siegenthaler4, Andreas Hoeft1, Karim Bendjelid4 and Steffen Rex3

1 Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Straße 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany

2 Institute of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Triemli City Hospital Zurich, Birmensdorferstrasse 497, 8063 Zürich, Switzerland

3 Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Aachen, RWTH Aachen Pauwelsstraße 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany

4 Intensive Care Service, Geneva University Hospitals, Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4, 1211 Genève 14, Switzerland

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Critical Care 2012, 16:R98 doi:10.1186/cc11366

Published: 30 May 2012

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Additional file 1:

Details of conversion of EVLW formulas. A step-by-step conversion to demonstrate strict mathematical conformity of the formulas used to calculate EVLW by the two devices (PiCCO2™ and Volume View™).

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