Cardiac Output Monitor
Key Facts
Abbreviation
COM
Pronunciation
/ˈkɑrdiˌæk ˈaʊtˌpʊt ˈmɑnətər/
Category
Medical
Related Field
Hospitals
Examples in Context
- Objective To examine hemodynamics in severe valve replacement patients by using continuous cardiac output monitor before and after operation and to evaluate the cardiac function.
- Methods In 26 mechanically-ventilated patients, cardiac index was measured by noninvasive cardiac output monitor ( NICO monitor ) based on the partial CO_2 rebreathing method ( CI_NICO ), and by pulmonary artery catheter based on thermodilution method ( CI_TD ).
- There were placed six cavity Swan-Ganz catheter. The United States Baxter-2 Continuous cardiac output monitoring Multifunction Monitor was used. Determination of cardiac index ( CI ) and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure ( PCWP ).
Other meanings of COM
Component Object Model
Computing
Center Of Mass
Gov
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Academic
Commercial Firm
Internet
Chief Of Mission
Gov
College of the Mainland
Academic
COMpressed Unix file archive (COMpact)
Computing