Abstract

Background: Knowledge of cardiac output is a valuable tool in the treatment of critically ill patients. Often, cardiac output is measured indirectly using nonspecific clinical markers. Previous methods of direct calculation of cardiac output have involved considerable risk and have not been feasible in the neonatal population. Less invasive methods exist, but are inaccurate. The COstatus monitor utilizes ultrasound dilution for direct measurement of cardiac output and is suitable for use in the neonatal population. It has been …

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