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Table 4 Measurements of mean indicator transit time (MTT), cardiac index, and temperature at individual time points

From: Comparison of three methods of extravascular lung water volume measurement in patients after cardiac surgery

Time

Hour 1

Hour 2

Hour 4

Hour 6

Li-thermal MTT

(seconds)

35.1 (± 8.1)

33.2 (± 4.6)

29.4 (± 7.2)

28.7 (± 5.5)

ICG-thermal MTT

(seconds)

19.0 (± 3.4)

18.5 (± 3.6)

17.8 (± 3.3)

18.1 (± 3.4)

Li-thermal cardiac index

(L/min/m2)

2.3 (± 0.5)

2.4 (± 0.6)

2.6 (± 0.7)

2.6 (± 0.7)

ICG-thermal cardiac index (L/min/m2)

2.5 (± 0.7)

2.8 (± 0.6)

3.0 (± 0.6)

3.1 (± 0.6)

Core temperature (°C)

36.3 (± 0.5)

36.5 (± 0.6)

36.9 (± 0.5)

37.2 (± 0.5)

Peripheral temperature (°C)

30.6 (± 2.0)

31.6 (± 2.0)

32.8 (± 1.7)

33.1 (± 1.6)

  1. Data presented as mean (SD). Li-thermal = lithium-thermal indicator dilution; ICG-thermal = indocyanine green-thermal indicator dilution.