• J Clin Monit Comput · Dec 2008

    Is the cardiac output obtained from a Swan-Ganz catheter always zero?

    • Wolfgang Schramm.
    • Division of General Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20/9 i, 1090, Vienna, Austria. wolfgang.schramm@meduniwien.ac.at
    • J Clin Monit Comput. 2008 Dec 1; 22 (6): 431-3.

    ObjectiveBy means of a Swan-Ganz catheter cardiac output is calculated using the Stewart-Hamilton thermodilution equation. Assuming the body as a thermally isolated inert system, this equation theoretically always results in zero cardiac output.MethodsUsing the first and second law of thermodynamics together with a few lines simple analysis this statement is proven.ConclusionIt is at least a necessary condition for the application of the Stewart-Hamilton equation, that core body temperature is kept constant in a thermo- regulatory steady state.

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