COMBED: Rapid non-invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring Baseline assessment in adult Emergency Department patients with haemodynamic instability.
Christopher T EyeingtonEmmanuel CanetSalvatore Lucio CutuliPaolo AnconaAlistair J BrownEmily JenkinsDavid McDonald TaylorGlenn M EastwoodRinaldo BellomoPublished in: Emergency medicine Australasia : EMA (2022)
Rapid, non-operator-dependent, non-invasive COM was possible in >90% of ED patients presenting with HI. Compared with tachycardia alone, patients with hypotension had lower CI, MAP and heart rate, while those with suspected infection had a lower SVRI. This technology provides novel insights into the early state of the circulation in ED patients with HI.