The Optimal Assessment of Volume Status is Vital in the Early Management of Patients

Inadequate assessment can result in not providing necessary treatment or in the administration of unneeded therapy, both associated with increased mortality. Re-imagine the way you see, experience and interact with your patient. See your patient’s physiologic status and trend analysis with exceptional clarity, which you can effortlessly navigate with a simple to use touchscreen.

Key Features

• Dry Weight
• Total Body Water
• Fat Free Mass Hydration
• Extracellular Water
• Intracellular Water
• Malnutrition
• Fat Mass
• Muscle Mass
• Lean Mass
• Body Cell Mass (BCM)
• Cellular Biomarker (Phase Angle)

ICU Providing Accurate, Fast & Non-invasive Assessment of Body Composition

BioScan touch i8 is an essential tool for ICU providing accurate, fast and non-invasive assessment of body composition. Malnutrition is common in hospital and intensive care units. Patients in ICU are likely to develop a catabolic state resulting in rapid loss of lean body mass. The effects of serious injuries on nutrition, Hypermetabolism following trauma has long-been recognised. The body weight loss is frequently observed in intensive care patients with multiple organ failure.

In ICU the clinical risks and the difficulties of weighing a sedated, intubated patient, often make this difficult for assessment. Oedema, burns and peripheral soft tissue injuries may also affect the accuracy of measurements, which are used to estimate loss of muscle and fat mass. Significant loss of lean body mass can be masked by the development of oedema and/or receipt of large volumes of intravenous fluid (both common in critical care), resulting in no net change in body weight.

Detection of malnutrition is imperative as it has been shown to increase the risk of morbidity and mortality, skeletal muscle & weakness

Unintentional weight loss is indicative of malnutrition and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Regardless of nutritional supplementation, patients on intensive care units can lose up to 1 per cent of their total body protein per day, worsening muscle weakness and delaying weaning and rehabilitation. BioScan touch i8 body composition assessment is recommended to monitor malnutrition.