Measuring Cardiac Output (UMAP)

This module develops a formula for computing cardiac output from observations obtained by dye dilution. The development is an elementary illustration of Riemann sums, definite integration, and approximation by the trapezoidal rule and Simpson's rule.

Table of Contents:

1. THE TECHNIQUE OF DYE DILUTION

2. THE FORMULA FOR CARDIAC OUTPUT
2.1 Preliminary Illustration
2.2 Rectangular Approximation
2.3 The Definite Integral

3. COMPUTATION OF CARDIAC OUTPUT
3.1 Antidifferentiation
3.2 Numerical Methods

4. EXERCISES

5. ANSWERS TO EXERCISES