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We compared 57 cardiac output measurements by the thermodilution and Fick methods in 26 patients and found that thermodilution values were higher in all 16 cases in which Fick outputs were less than 3.5 l/min. In 10 cases where Fick values were less than or equal to 2.5 l/min, thermodilution and Fick measurements differed by an average of 35%. When combined with the results of previous studies comparing the thermodilution, dye dilution, and Fick techniques, these findings suggest that the thermodilution method overestimates true cardiac output in the low output range. This overestimation probably is due to heat loss under conditions of low flow. Because the thermodilution method is used widely in patients with low output states, these findings have potentially important clinical implications.
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