CNAP™ Monitor Study

Accuracy of the CNAP™ Monitor in Providing Beat-to-beat Non-invasive Blood Pressure Readings

A newly developed monitor for continuous non-invasive blood pressure monitoring (CNAP™ Monitor 500; CNSystems Medizintechnik AG, Graz, Austria) provides beat-to-beat BP readings and is non-invasive. To make sure that anaesthesiologist can rely on and make clinical decisions based on values provided by the CNAP™ monitor, to demonstrate its reliability we will test it during the perioperative care of children.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who will already be having an indwelling arterial cannula placed for their surgical procedure.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with history of a peripheral neurologic or neuropathic disorder.
• Patients in whom an invasive arterial cannula cannot be placed.
• Patients with vascular implants at the sites of non-invasive blood pressure measurement (fingers and upper arm of the examined arm).
• Edematous patients.
• Patients who are less than 20 kg.