Sentence examples for contour device from inspiring English sources
In the clinical context, the automatic body contour device is generally activated, and this results in non-circular trajectories with a variable distance between the axis of rotation and the camera heads.
The LiDCO™ plus system (LiDCO Ltd ,Cambridge, UK) uses pulse power analysis to calculate SV and therefore is not technically a pulse contour device.
The non-invasive arterial pulse contour device had a sensitivity of 43% (but good specificity) to detect changes in cardiac index in response to fluid challenge.
Therefore, in the setting of CABG surgery, haemodynamic monitoring using a pulse contour device with a fast and continuous approach might be practical and advantageous for haemodynamic-oriented therapy.
The FloTrac™ pulse contour device (Vigileo™, Edwards LifeSciences, Irvine, CA, USA) was attached to the existing arterial cannula, and its sensor was attached to the processing or display unit to read CO.
The models used to represent the systemic circulation may vary according to specific pulse contour device, and include the following: the three-element 'Windkessel' model (as in the example presented in Fig. 4) [ 24, 25], or more sophisticated models that allow one to account for finite pulse wave velocity and wave reflection phenomena [ 26].
The pulse contour devices are utilized with greater frequency in our local practice; hence, they are covered in more detail.
Dr Critchley concluded that none of the pulse contour devices accurately trend CO changes.
Since none of these devices is a "gold standard," the three pulse contour devices were compared to each other and to the PAC as equal devices.
This study helps to confirm what is already suspected about the reliability of pulse contour devices; that these devices do not track changes in cardiac output reliably.
Therefore, compared with other pulse contour devices, it does not require any external calibration method or subsequent correction and may therefore avoid operator bias.
