Clinical significance of hemodynamic monitoring using PiCCO / 心血管康复医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Transpulmonary thermodilution pulse-indicated continuous cardiac output (PiCCO) monitoring only needs a central venous catheter and an artery catheter ,so is a minimally invasive ,simple ,accurate and continuous cardiac output monitor technique used at home and abroad now .It combines transpulmonary thermodilution and analysis technique of arterial pulse wave area under curve (AUC) .It helps to better evaluate ,guide and improve treatment in critically ill patients .