W21 Indirect Calorimetry Pierre Singer, Jonathan Cohen Before Procedure Indications • A need for estimating energy expenditure (EE) in critically ill patients in whom the EE is highly variable and difficult to predict by simple equations, such as: • Patients with liver disease • Obese patients Contraindications • Absolute contraindications: • Situations preventing complete collection of expired gases • Leaks of gas from the ventilator circuit • Leaks around endotracheal tubes • Leaks through chest tubes • Instability of delivered oxygen concentration • Oxygen concentration above 65 • Relative contraindications: • Ongoing hemodialysis • Hemodynamically unstable patient: • Large bias flow< div class='tao-gold-member'> Only gold members can continue reading. Log In or Register to continue Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Related Related posts: Low Systemic Arterial Blood Pressure Very High Systemic Arterial Blood Pressure Diarrhea Peritonitis and Intraabdominal Infection Bedside Monitoring of Pulmonary Function Difficult Airway Management for Intensivists Tags: SPEC - Textbook of Critical Care 12 Month Subscription Jul 7, 2016 | Posted by admin in CRITICAL CARE | Comments Off on Indirect Calorimetry Full access? Get Clinical Tree
W21 Indirect Calorimetry Pierre Singer, Jonathan Cohen Before Procedure Indications • A need for estimating energy expenditure (EE) in critically ill patients in whom the EE is highly variable and difficult to predict by simple equations, such as: • Patients with liver disease • Obese patients Contraindications • Absolute contraindications: • Situations preventing complete collection of expired gases • Leaks of gas from the ventilator circuit • Leaks around endotracheal tubes • Leaks through chest tubes • Instability of delivered oxygen concentration • Oxygen concentration above 65 • Relative contraindications: • Ongoing hemodialysis • Hemodynamically unstable patient: • Large bias flow< div class='tao-gold-member'> Only gold members can continue reading. Log In or Register to continue Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Related Related posts: Low Systemic Arterial Blood Pressure Very High Systemic Arterial Blood Pressure Diarrhea Peritonitis and Intraabdominal Infection Bedside Monitoring of Pulmonary Function Difficult Airway Management for Intensivists Tags: SPEC - Textbook of Critical Care 12 Month Subscription Jul 7, 2016 | Posted by admin in CRITICAL CARE | Comments Off on Indirect Calorimetry Full access? Get Clinical Tree
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