Abstract
We tested the reliability of noninvasive cardiac output (CO) measurement in different body positions by pulse contour analysis (CO(pc)) by using a transmission line model (K. H. Wesseling, B. De Wit, J. A. P. Weber, and N. T. Smith. Adv. Cardiol. Phys. 5, Suppl. II: 16-52, 1983). Acetylene rebreathing (CO(rebr)) was used as a reference method. Twelve subjects (age 21-34 yr) were studied: 1) six in whom CO(rebr) and CO(pc) were measured in the standing and 6 degrees head-down tilt (HDT) postures and 2) six in whom CO was measured in the 30 degrees HDT, supine, 30 degrees head up-tilt (HUT), and 70 degrees HUT postures on a tilt table. The CO(rebr)-to-CO(pc) ratio in (near) the supine position during rebreathing was used as the calibration factor for CO(pc) measurements. Calibrated CO(pc) (CO(cal sup)) consistently overestimated CO in the upright posture. The drop in CO with upright posture was underestimated by approximately 50%. CO(cal sup) and CO(rebr) values did not differ in the 30 degrees HDT position. Changes in the CO(rebr)-to-CO(pc) ratio are highly variable among subjects in response to a change in posture. Therefore, CO(pc) must be recalibrated for each subject in each posture.
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