A practical method of measuring oxygen consumption in children with complex mixing circulations by the use of thermodilution cardiac output studies Daryl I. Schantz, MD, Robert P. Chen, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 146, Issue 5, Pages 1179-1184 (November 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.09.103 Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 The relationship between the difference in measured and predicted oxygen consumption (VO2) against predicted VO2. No difference would be represented as a horizontal scattering around 0 (Pearson correlation coefficient = 0.96, P < .001). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 1179-1184DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.09.103) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 There was no correlation between body surface area and measured oxygen consumption (Pearson correlation coefficient = −0.02, P = .211). The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2013 146, 1179-1184DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.09.103) Copyright © 2013 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions