Comparison of bedside measurement of cardiac output with the thermodilution method and the Fick method in mechanically ventilated patients

Table 1 Characteristics of the patients

Patient	Age (years)	Sex	SAPS II score	Main diagnosis	Outcome
1	73	Male	41	Acute respiratory failure on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Discharged from ICU, returned home
2	76	Female	85	Cardiogenic shock	ICU death
3	74	Male	76	Acute respiratory distress syndrome	ICU death
				Alveolar hemorrhage
4	64	Female	67	Cardiogenic shock	ICU death
5	66	Female	111	Hemorrhagic shock	ICU death
6	74	Male	46	Cardiogenic shock	Discharged from ICU
				Pulmonary edema	Returned home
7	69	Female	59	Sepsis syndrome	ICU death
8	84	Male	41	Acute respiratory distress syndrome	Discharged from ICU
				Influenza	Hospital death
9	39	Female	56	Acute respiratory distress syndrome	ICU death
				Septic shock
10	51	Male	51	Septic shock	ICU death
11	84	Male	68	Cardiogenic shock	ICU death
				Pulmonary edema
12	77	Male	39	Acute respiratory failure on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	ICU death
13	69	Male	69	Acute respiratory failure on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Discharged from ICU, returned home
14	65	Male	65	Acute respiratory distress syndrome	ICU death
				Pneumonia
15	68	Male	65	Cardiogenic shock	ICU death
				Pulmonary edema
16	79	Female	79	Cardiogenic shock	ICU death
17	69	Male	75	Acute respiratory failure on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	Discharged from ICU, returned home
18	74	Male	65	Septic shock	ICU death

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