Purpose: To calculate cardiac output by the Fick method.			Citations with documentation. 06.01.02	Sriram & Svirbely 1997
conversion to metric	enter
body weight in pounds		lbs equals	81.81818181818181	kilograms
body height in inches		inches equals	152.4	centimeters
hemoglobin in g/L		g/L equals	0	g/dL
data	enter
patient's gender (enter M or F)		:-):-):-)
body weight in kilograms		kilograms
body height in centimeters		centimeters
hemoglobin in g/dL		g/dL
arterial oxygen saturation in percent (enter from 0 to 100)		per cent
central venous oxygen saturation in percent (enter from 0 to 100)		per cent
calculate	results
data complete?	Yes
body surface area	1.99	sq meters
oxygen consumption (estimated)	248.55	mL/min
oxygen content arterial blood	19.10	vol%
oxygen content venous blood	14.07	vol%
cardiac output	4.95	L/min
cardiac index	2.49	L/min/sq.meter