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 Stay updated, free articles. Join our Telegram channel Join 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 Stay updated, free articles. Join our Telegram channel Join 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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