Evaluation of a new continuous thermodilution cardiac output monitor in cardiac surgical patients: a prospective criterion standard study.

Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of a new continuous cardiac output monitor in critically ill patients.

Design: Criterion standard study.

Setting: Cardiac surgery intensive care unit in a university hospital.

Transfusion of platelet-rich plasma from the organ donor during cardiac transplantation.

Study Objective: To evaluate whether transfusion of platelet-rich plasma from the organ donor during cardiac transplantation can influence the amount of the needed homologous blood products.

Design: Randomized, controlled study.

Setting: University hospital.