Cardiac Disease
Conditions
Keywords
Agreement of NICOM and Innocor
Brief summary
Cardiac output (CO) is an important parameter in the diagnosis and therapy of cardiac diseases. The aim of the study at hand was to evaluate NICOM (bioreactance) as a new method for determinion of CO and to compare it to Innocor (inert gas rebreathing), which previously showed promising results.
Interventions
DEVICEInnocor cardiac output measurement
Sponsors
Universitätsmedizin Mannheim
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* hemodynamic stability * respiratory stability
Exclusion criteria
* patient unwilling to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Accuracy of NICOM and Innocor | at time of inclusion |
| Precision of NICOM and Innocor | at time of inclusion |
Outcome results
None listed