[Interest of prehospital use of cardiac output monitoring with partial CO2 rebreathing technique: a case report].

Amathieu, R; Minville, V; Poloujadoff, M-P; Adnet, F; Smail, N

doi:10.1016/j.annfar.2005.06.004

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[Interest of prehospital use of cardiac output monitoring with partial CO2 rebreathing technique: a case report].

R Amathieu, V Minville, M-P Poloujadoff, F Adnet, N Smail

Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation · 2005-01-01 · Case report

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Abstract

We report the case of a 68-year-old man with severe hypoxemic pneumopathy having cardiac output monitoring with the NICO system in prehospital medicine. This monitoring permitted the diagnosis of a compressive pneumothorax during the transfer to the intensive care unit. This ease of use technique based on partial carbon dioxide rebreathing, allows non-invasive, continuous and reliable cardiac output monitoring. We discuss the interest of this device in prehospital medicine.