Utility of Non-Invasive Monitoring of Cardiac Output and Cerebral Oximetry during Pain Management of Children with Sickle Cell Disease in the Pediatric Emergency Department

• Main Authors: Pradeep Padmanabhan (Author), Chikelue Oragwu (Author), Bibhuti Das (Author), John A. Myers (Author), Ashok Raj (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Pain crisis in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) is typically managed with intravenous fluids and parenteral opioids in the pediatric emergency department. Electrical cardiometry (EC) can be utilized to measure cardiac output (CO) and cardiac index (CI) non-invasively. Near-infrared spectrosco...