Comparing manual and automatic heart pressure readings in critical care
Part of Infections clinical trials.
This study compares two ways of reading the same heart pressure measurement from a monitoring tube you already have. It aims to see if an automatic reading is as accurate as the manual one your doctor does now.
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Who can take part
- You must be 18 years of age or older
- You must be currently admitted to an intensive care unit
- You must already have a special heart-monitoring tube (called a Swan-Ganz catheter) in place for your care
- Your doctor must have recently measured a specific pressure in your heart as part of your regular care
- You cannot be pregnant
- You cannot have certain problems with your heart output measurements that would make them unreliable
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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