| Clinical applications of photoplethysmography in paediatric intensive care. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 18071671 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
OBJECTIVE: The photoplethysmographic wave is displayed by most pulse oximeters. It may be used as a non-invasive alternative to invasive arterial blood pressure trace analysis for continuous haemodynamic monitoring in selected situations. PATIENTS AND SETTING: Four cardiac patients treated in a tertiary neonatal-paediatric intensive care unit. MEASUREMENTS: Simultaneous monitoring of the photoplethysmographic wave, ECG, and invasive blood pressure. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS: Photoplethysmography allows for monitoring pulse rate in patients with (possible) heart rate/pulse rate dissociation (pacemaker dependency, pulsatile ventricular assist device); monitoring sudden changes in heart beat volume, which are unrelated to respiration (pulseless electrical activity, pulsus alternans); and monitoring respiratory-dependent fluctuations of the plethysmographic wave (heart failure, hypovolaemia, asthma, upper airway obstruction, pericardial effusion). Deterioration, slowly evolving over time, may be detected by this method. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Bernhard Frey; Katharina Waldvogel; Christian Balmer |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Case Reports; Journal Article Date: 2007-12-11 |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Intensive care medicine Volume: 34 ISSN: 0342-4642 ISO Abbreviation: Intensive Care Med Publication Date: 2008 Mar |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2008-02-15 Completed Date: 2008-09-30 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 7704851 Medline TA: Intensive Care Med Country: United States |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 578-82 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
Department of Intensive Care and Neonatology, University Children's Hospital, 8032 Zurich, Switzerland. Bernhard.Frey@kispi.uzh.ch |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Adolescent Blood Pressure Determination / methods Child Electrocardiography / methods Heart Diseases / diagnosis*, physiopathology Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Intensive Care Units, Pediatric Male Monitoring, Physiologic / methods Oximetry / methods Photoplethysmography / methods* |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: The association between the IFIH1 locus and type 1 diabetes.
Next Document: Two closely related pathways of nicotine catabolism in Arthrobacter nicotinovorans and Nocardioides ...