Improving Cardiac Surgery: Does Continuous Blood Gas Monitoring Have a Role to Play?

Abstract

The CDI-500 (Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corp., Ann Arbor, MI) in-line blood gas monitoring device has been in clinical practice for more than a decade. Few randomized studies have evaluated the value of this device with respect to improved perfusion management. We routinely use automated continuous quality indicator programs at our institutions to assess perfusion management.