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Cardiac index (CI), stroke volume index (SVI)

A decrease in cardiac index is a clear alarm signal and requires appropriate measures to manage the situation. But knowledge about cardiac index alone is not enough to make a therapeutic decision, as the cardiac index is influenced by several factors.

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