Article: Cardiac monitor may aid critical burn patients.

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December 1, 2001
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Cardiac monitor may aid critical burn patients

Necessary data obtained at reduced risk

A new cardiac monitoring system seems to improve the care of critically ill burn victims while minimizing the risk, according to early anecdotal data gathered at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill. Doctors and nurses at the N.C. Jaycee Burn Center are among the first in the country to use the PiCCO system in treating burn patients. The monitoring system, manufactured by Pulsion Medical Systems AG, of Munich, Germany, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in May 2001.

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