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Background Impedance cardiography (ICG) enables continuous, beat-by-beat, non-invasive, operator-independent, and inexpensive cardiac output (CO) monitoring. We compared CO values and variations obtained by ICG (Niccomo™, Medis) and oesophageal Doppler monitoring (ODM) (CardioQ™, Deltex Medical) in surgical patients. Methods This prospective, observational, single-centre study included 32 subjects undergoing surgery with general anaesthesia. CO was measured simultaneously with ICG and ODM before and after events likely to modify CO (vasopressor administration and volume expansion). One hundred and twenty pairs of CO measurements and 94 pairs of CO variation measurements were recorded. Results The CO variations measured by ICG correlated with those measured by ODM [r=0.88 (0.82−0.94), P Conclusion ICG appears to be a reliable method for the non-invasive monitoring of CO in patients undergoing general surgery. |
