Cardiac output measurement Philips CCO/C.O. cardiac output module supports the clinical "gold standard" intermittent right heart thermodilution method or continuous PiCCO® technology.
Right heart thermodilution provides a thermodilution curve and the following numerics:
- Cardiac output
- Cardiac index
The module’s built-in algorithms analyze the cardiac output curve. Automatic alerts can help the clinician decide which output curves to accept.
Traditional right heart thermodilution
Features of the cardiac output module include:
- Up to six cardiac output curves and values simultaneously displayed
- Seven curve alerts
- Intuitive User Interface for accepting or rejecting curves
- Injectate temperature display
- Computation constant
- Selected curves averaged
PiCCO is a registered trademark of Pulsion Medical Systems AG