PMC1550901_01
Calibration with continuous venous-venous haemodialysis.
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Trio HF is a triple-lumen catheter made of polyurethane with three lumens (first channel, distal = 16 G; second channel, middle = 12 G; and third channel, proximal = 12 G). The distal lumen was used for the calibrations of the PiCCO  monitor due to the high-risk of insertion of another central line in a patient with severe coagulopathy. The analysis of the area under the thermo-dilution curve showed a hypodynamic state that was treated following the PiCCO  monitor algorithm (Figure 1). In Figure 1 we can see how the area under the curve had a different morphology to the curve of Figure 2. The first curve had a plateau in the middle descendent line (Figure 1).
Calibration without continuous venous-venous haemodialysis.
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The CVVH-D blood pump was stopped and a new calibration was performed (Figure 2). The newly obtained PiCCO  measurements showed a different physiology and treatment (Figure 2), similar to that obtained by the echocardiogram. In Figure 1 we can see how the area under the curve had a different morphology to the curve of Figure 2.